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known to me, that it is not impossible it may prove to 

 belong to that species. The differences, however, seem too 

 great to be simply sexual, and there are other more nearly 

 allied forms in Borneo and Java with similarly flavo- 

 annulate antennae, these organs being broader and with 

 joints 6-10 strongly transverse in X. laticornis, $. 



43. Xylophilus fusconotatus, n. sp. 



Short, broad, shining (when denuded) ; nigro-piceous, the mar- 

 gins of the prothorax, the base of the elytra narrowly, the apex 

 of the latter indeterminately, and joints 1, 2 and 11 of the antennae, 

 ferruginous or reddish, the palpi, tarsi, anterior femora, inter- 

 mediate femora in part, and all the tibiae at base, testaceous; 

 closely, finely punctate, thickly clothed with fine, cinereous and 

 fuscous pubescence, the latter condensed on the elytra into a 

 common, broad, angidate, post-median fascia and a spot on the 

 disc below the base. Head very broad, short; eyes extremely 

 large, occupying nearly the whole of the sides of the head, feebly 

 emarginate, separated by rather more than half their own width ; 

 antennae very stout, joints 2 and 3 equal in length, short, much 

 narrower than 4, 4-10 broad, strongly transverse, closely articu- 

 lated, 11 acuminate-ovate, not wider than 10. Prothorax trans- 

 verse, small, the sides parallel at the base and abruptly convergent 

 anteriorly, the disc bifoveate posteriorly. Elytra short, broad, 

 slightly rounded at the sides, feebly transversely depressed below 

 the base. Legs short, rather slender, the tibiae straight, the 

 posterior femora very stout, arcuate in front, clavate. 



Length If, breadth J mm. ($?.) 



Hab. India, Sarda [Surda], Bengal (F. W. Champion). 



One specimen in very fresh condition, received last year 

 from one of my sons. It was captured, I believe, on the 

 wing towards sunset. This insect bears some resemblance 

 to X. laticornis, Pic, from Ceylon; but the antennae are 

 still stouter, the head is shorter and much broader, the 

 eyes are very large, the elytra are finely punctate and 

 differently marked, the posterior femora are strongly 

 clavate, etc. The general shape of the body is very 

 like that of the Australian X. albonotatus, Ch. (1895),* 

 which, however, is a much smaller insect. 



* Nee X. albonotatus, Pic, from Perak (1913), renamed by the 

 author griseonotatus in April 1916. 



