56 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



Hab. Brazil, Rio de Janeiro (Fry). 



One specimen. Separable from the insects here referred 

 to, X. brasiliensis and X. suturifer, Pic, by the more slender 

 antennae and the more finely punctate, rectifasciate 

 elytra. The basal joint of the antennae shows no trace 

 of infuscation. 



68. Xylophilus insularis, n. sp. 



$. Oblong, rather broad, robust, shining, clothed with long, pallid 

 hairs ; head and a narrow, common, post-median fascia on the elytra, 

 extending forwards along the sides, nigro-piceous, the prothorax 

 rufo-piceous, the under surface obscure ferruginous, the rest of the 

 elytra, the mouth-parts, antennae, and legs testaceous; closely, 

 finely, the elytra more coarsely, punctate. Head short, very little 

 wider than the prothorax, narrowly extended on each side behind 

 the eyes, the latter large, deeply emarginate, and somewhat narrowly 

 separated; antennae short, rather slender, joint 3 scarcely longer 

 than 2, 9 and 10 transverse, 11 stout, obliquely acuminate. Pro- 

 thorax convex, transverse, very gradually narrowing from the base, 

 unimpressed. Elytra oblong, convex, broad, slightly rounded at 

 the sides, with a shallow intra-humeral depression. Legs long, the 

 posterior pair stout, the femora of the latter strongly clavate ; basal 

 joint of posterior tarsi arcuate. 



Length 2f , breadth 1 mm. 



Hab. Brazil, Ilha Santo Amaro, near Santos (G. E. 

 Bryant : 13. iv. 1912). 



One female, somewhat discoloured. Very like X. recti- 

 fasciatus, from Rio de Janeiro, and similarly coloured ; but 

 larger and more convex, with a broader, less quadrate 

 prothorax, the apical joint of the antennae stouter and more 

 acuminate, and the basal joint of the posterior tarsi strongly 

 arcuate. The laterally extended dark median fascia of 

 the elytra is placed a little beyond the middle. 



69. Xylophilus latefasciatus, n. sp. 



$. Short, broad, rather convex, shining, sparsely pubescent; 

 head, prothorax, a broad, complete median fascia on the elytra, and 

 the posterior femora in part, black or piceous, the rest of the elytra 

 (a large, subobsolete, triangidar scutellar patch, extending down- 

 ward to the median fascia, excepted) and legs, the antennae, and 

 mouth-parts testaceous, the under surface obscure ferruginous ; 

 head rather sparsely, finely, the prothorax and elytra closely and 



