402 :\ri-. G. 0. Champion on 



tibise, and pallid coloration are the chief characters of tlii.s 

 insect. X. phi/ip/>in>is can be placed near X. parvicollis, 

 Champ. (1916), from Assam. 



Xylophilufi stratiiSy sp, n. 



Oblonf^, rather convex, shining (when denuded); rufo- 

 testaceous, the ejes and a sharply defined, out\vardl3''-\videned, 

 post-median fascia on the elytra (the fascia narrowly inter- 

 rupted at the suture) black ; clothed with a very fine silky 

 pubescence ; closely, finely punctured, the puncturing of the 

 prothorax dense. Head very broad, truncate at the base, 

 narrowly extended and subangulate on each side beliind the 

 eyes, the latter large and somewhat distant; antenme short, 

 not very slender, joint 3 as long as 4, d and 10 transver.se, 

 11 slout, acuminate. Prothorax transversely subquadrate, 

 narrowed in front, obliquely l)i-iin pressed before tlie base. 

 Elytra oblong, wider than the head, obliquely depressed on 

 the disc anteriorly. Posterior legs comparatively short, the 

 femora moderately thickened, the tibire also rather stout. 



Length 1^ mm. 



Jfah. SlNGAPOKE. 



Une specimen, sex not ascertained. A small, oblong, rufo- 

 testaceous insect, with the elytra sharply nigro-fasciate 

 towards the apex, the anteniife short, the posterior legs com- 

 paratively short and moderately thickened, the surface 

 appealing opaque till the vestiture is removed. The black 

 elytral tascia is placed nearer the tip than in most of the 

 similarly coloured XylophUi kno.vn to me. 



Xylophilus higuttatus, sp. n. 



Oblong-oval, convex, shining, sparsely pubescent ; testa- 

 ceous, tlie eyes black, the el^'tra each with a rather large 

 oblique piceous spot at the middle of the disc not quite reaching 

 the suture; closely, not very finely, the elytra more coarsely, 

 ])un(tined. Head short, broad, truncate posteriorly, narrowly 

 extended on each side behind tlie eyes, the latter large, some- 

 what distant ; antennic rather long, not very slender, joint 3 

 longer than 2 or 4, 7-9 about as long as broad, 10 transverse, 

 11 acuminate-ovate. Prothorax as wide as the head, short, 

 transversely subquadrate, the hind angles rectangular, the 

 disc unimpressed. Elytra much wider than the head or 

 prothorax, subparallel in their basal half, slightly depressed 

 at the base within the humeri, iov the rest convex. Li'gs 

 rather elongate ; posterior femora moderately clavate, the 

 tibia' a little widened. 



