58 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



Hob. Amazons, between Para and Santarem (H. H. 

 Smith). 



One specimen, assumed to be a male. Smaller and less 

 convex than X. flavipes (infra) ; the elytra broadly testa- 

 ceous at the base ; the antennae similar, but with a smaller 

 apical joint; the eyes much larger and subapproximate ; 

 the posterior femora with a similar narrow flavous pad 

 beneath. The puncturing of the elytra is extremely fine. 



71. Xylophilus dryophiloides, n. sp. 



cj. Oblong, dull, clothed with a fine, greyish, sericeous pubescence ; 

 nigro-piceous, the antennae, palpi, and legs (the infuscate posterior 

 femora and apices of the posterior tibiae excepted) testaceous ; the 

 entire upper surface densely, finely punctate. Head short, broad; 

 eyes very large, feebly emarginate, separated by about half their own 

 width, occupying the whole of the sides of the head ; antennae long, 

 rather stout, joint 2 short, 3 longer and narrower, 4-10 wider, sub- 

 triangular, subequal, longer than broad, 11 acuminate-ovate. Pro- 

 thorax much narrower than the head, transverse, sub quadrate, 

 abruptly narrowed in front, confluently bifoveate at the base. Elytra 

 oblong, much wider than the head, feebly, transversely depressed 

 below the base. Legs short, slender; posterior femora thickened, 

 with a narrow, projecting, pallid pad along their lower face. 



Length 2, breadth 1 mm. 



Hab. Brazil, San Paulo (Fry). 



One male. This insect bears a striking resemblance to 

 the European Dryophilus pusillus, Gyll., one of the Ano- 

 biidae. It is very like the same sex of X. flavipes, but has 

 the antennae much longer and stouter (joints 4-10 sub- 

 equal in width, 11 thus appearing relatively narrower), 

 and the eyes larger and more approximate. The general 

 coloration is exactly that of X. flavipes. 



72. Xylophilus flavipes, n. sp. 



<J. Oblong, dull, finely sericeo-pubescent ; nigro-piceous, the 

 antennae, palpi, and legs (the slightly infuscate posterior femora 

 excepted) testaceous ; the entire upper surface densely, finely punc- 

 tate. Head short, moderately broad; eyes large, distant, feebly 

 emarginate, occupying near the whole of the sides of the head; 

 antennae short, slender, joints 3-10 subequal in length, but grad- 

 ually becoming a little wider, 3 longer than 2, 11 stout, obliquely 

 acuminate. Prothorax much narrower than the head, transverse, 



