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punctured. Head transverse, broader than the prothorax, 

 convex, rapidly narrowed behind the eyes, the latter very large 

 and separated by ^bout hall: their own width ; antennaj long in 

 J, shorter in ? , feebly serrate from joint 4 onward, 3 about 

 as long as 4, 11 acuminate-ovate. Prothorax transversely 

 quadrate, abruptly narrowed in front, grooved across the disc 

 anteriorly and with a deep horseshoe-shaped iin))re.«sion before 

 the base. Elytra much broader than the head, long, flattened 

 and subparallel in their basal half, the disc with an oblique 

 shallow depression extending downward from the humeri, 

 the suture also depressed at tlie base. Legs long. 



(^ . Anterior tibiaj feebly curved, mucronate at tip; ante- 

 rior tarsi dilated; posterior femora simple, slightly thickened. 

 Aedeagus (so far as visible) rather broad, abruptly acuminate 

 at tip. 



Length 23-3imm. ( J ? .) 



Hah. Borneo, Sandakan (C. F. Baker). 



Three males and one female, the latter immature, the males 

 varying in the colour of the anterior femora and tibia?. 

 Larger and more elongate than X. jAanipetviis, Motsch., from 

 Ceylon, the head simply convex posteriorly, the J ^^''th the 

 antennai longer, stoutei', and distinctly serrate (as in the 

 Bornean X. 7nelauosoma, Champ., lOlf)), the anterior tibiaj 

 mucronate at the tip, the anterior tarsi stouter. 



Xylophilus strangulatus, sp. n. 



<J . Elongate, narrow, shining, pruinose ; testaceous, the 

 eyes black, the elytra (exce}>t at the base) and joints 3-10 of 

 the antenna? more or less infuscate, the posterior femora and 

 tib'fe a little darker than the tarsi; sparsel}'-, minutely, the 

 elytral depressions rather coarsely, punctured. Head broad, 

 transverse, well developed behind the eyes, the latter large, 

 distant ; antennas long, rather slender, joint 3 as long as 4, 

 11 stout, obliquely aciimiinito. Prothorax small, transversely 

 quadrate, narrowed in front, with a deep arcuate excavation 

 before tlio base and a strongly defined sulcus extending across 

 the disc before the middle. Elytra long, slightly wider than 

 the head, subparallel in their basal half, blunt at the tij', 

 deeply excavate on the disc anteriorly. Anterior tibias feebly 

 curved, unarmed ; posterior legs not very elongate, the 

 femora moderately thickened, simple. Aedeagus slender, 

 curved upward at the tip. 



Length 2^ mm. 



Jlah. JiouNEO, Sandakan (C F. Baker). 



One male, somewhat abraded, owing to the difliculty of 



