62 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



broad, .robust form, with stout rufo-testaceous antennae, 

 dark head and prothorax, reddish-brown elytra, and the 

 posterior femora so much thickened as to resemble those of 

 a Haltica. 



77. Xylophilus atomarioides, n. sp. (Plate II, fig. 31.) 



Short, convex, oval, shining, sparsely, finely pubescent; testace- 

 ous, the eyes black, the elytra each with two, more or less confluent, 

 oblong fuscous patches at the middle of the disc, together forming 

 an interrupted fascia ; rather sparsely, finely, the elytra more coarsely, 

 punctate. Head short, broad ; eyes large, distant, occupying nearly 

 the whole of the sides of the head, very feebly eniarginate ; antennae 

 short, very slender, thickened at the base and towards the tip, joints 

 1 and 2 stout, 3-8 narrower, subequal in length, 3 about as long as 

 2, 9-11 wider, forming a loose club, 11 ovate, stout, blunt at the tip. 

 Prothorax very short, narrower than the head, with two deep foveae 

 before the base. Elytra somewhat oval, convex, much wider than 

 the head, transversely depressed below the base. Legs short, slender, 

 the posterior femora moderately incrassate. 



Length 1, breadth § mm. ($ ?) 



Hob. Antilles, St. Vincent (H. H. Smith). 



Two specimens. A minute, convex, testaceous form, 

 with an extremely short prothorax, very different from any 

 other species of the genus known to me. The elongate 

 basal joint of the posterior tarsus separates it from Cnopus. 

 The eyes might be described as entire, and X. atomarioides, 

 therefore, approaches Olotelus, Muls. The examples de- 

 scribed were placed amongst the Cryptophagids when 

 Mr. Smith's Antillean captures were sorted, and the insect 

 was thus omitted from my list (1890) of the Xylophilids 

 of the Island. 



Since the preceding pages have been in type, Mr. E. W. 

 Ferguson, of Sydney, has sent me three additional species 

 of Xylophilus from Australia, all apparently new, and the 

 opportunity is taken of inserting descriptions of them 

 at the end of this paper. They have been examined by 

 Mr. A. M. Lea, and returned as unknown to him. The 

 types have been presented to the British Museum. 



78. Xylophilus duplocinctus, n. sp. 



Oblong, robust, shining, somewhat coarsely pubescent; ferru- 

 ginous, the head black, the legs and elytra testaceous, the latter 



