some Eastern XylophiUds. 397 



removiiio- the sliellac used in mouiitiiiq: it. A narrow elon- 

 gate form, Avitli tiie general facies of an Anlhicus ; tlie 

 prothorax small, transversely sulcate anteriorly, and deeply 

 excavate before the base ; the elytra lono^, excavate and more 

 coarsely punctured anteriorly. Near X. claviger, Champ. 

 (1916), from Siam, the antennae ( (^ ) much longer and with 

 iliffereutly shaped terminal joint, the prothorax not angiilate 

 at the sides. X. malaccanus, Pic, is also another allied form. 



Xylophilus Jimhriatus. 

 Xylophilus Jimbriatus, Champ. Eat. Mo. Mag. li. p. 279 (Oct. 1915). 



Hah. Borneo, W. Sarawak [type, c? ] {G. E. Bryant), 

 Sandakan (C. F. Baker: $ ). 



One example, differing from the type (<?) in having the 

 elytra paler laterally, the antennae shorter and not so stout, 

 and the posterior femora simple. An allied unnamed form 

 from Sandakan (now without anteunfe) has a rougher head 

 and protiiorax, and the latter less angulate at the sides 

 anteriorly. 



Xylopliilus castaneiis, sp. n. 



Oblong, robust, somewhat convex, shining, clothed with 

 rather long pallid hairs; rufo-castaneous, the eyes, antennas 

 (the reddish joints 1 and 2 and tip of 11 excepted), posterior 

 femora and tibiaj, the other femora at the tip and the corre- 

 sponding tibiffi in great part, piceous or black, the rest of the 

 legs (the infuscato ba.^al joint of the posterior tarsi excepted) 

 and the palpi testaceous ; closely, finely, the elytra rather 

 coarsely, punctured. Head bioad, truncate posteriorly, iiar- 

 rowlv, subangularly extended on each side behind the eyes, the 

 latter large, deeply eniarginate, somewhat distant ; antennte 

 long, stout, joints 3 and 4 subequal, 3 much longer than 2, 

 11 sharply, oblirpiely acuminate. Prothorax convex, trans- 

 versely subquadrate, narrowed in front, unimpressed. Elytra 

 oblong, much wider than the head, depressed on the disc 

 below the base. Legs rather elongate ; posterior femora 

 stout, clavate, the tibise slightly bowed inward. 



Length 2;^ mm. ( ? ?.) 



Hub. BoiiNEO, Sandakan {C. F. Baker). 



One specimen. Very like A', pu/vinatus, Champ. (1910), 

 from Siam and Tenasserim, the posterior femora more strongly 

 clavate and the puncturing of the elytra coarser. The c? of 

 X. pulvinalus has longer antcnnge, ditferently formed legs, &c., 

 the ? of the latter resembling the present insect. From 



