250 Mr. G. C. Champion on the Heteromerous Coleoptera 
Xylophilus morulus, n. sp. 
Moderately elongate, narrow, rather depressed, slightly shining, 
very finely pubescent ; black, the elytra pitchy-black, the antennae 
obscure testaceous, with the basal joints paler, the legs testaceous. 
Head broad, short, closely, finely punctate, obliquely narrowed at 
the sides behind the eyes ; the latter very large and prominent, 
coarsely granulated, rather widely separated, the head very narrowly 
extended behind them. Antennae about three-fourths the length of 
the body, rather slender ; joints 3 and 4 equal in length ; 4-10 
moderately elongate and somewhat obconic; 11 longer and stouter 
than 10,' obliquely acuminate at the tip. Prothorax convex, narrow, 
transversely subquadrate, with the anterior angles rounded ; 
densely, rather finely punctate, and with two deep oblique foveae 
at the base, these almost confluent behind so as to form a U-shaped 
depression. Elytra elongate, twice as Avide as the prothorax, 
parallel to the middle and gradually narrowing beyond, flattened 
above, and deeply, obliquely depressed on the disc a little below 
the base, densely and moderately finely punctured throughout. 
Legs elongate and very slender (the hind pair broken off). Length 
2^, breadth f mm. ( $ ). 
Kah, Tasmania — Launceston. 
A single male example, sent by Mr. Walker to the 
British Museum. A mutilated female from Hobart 
seems to belong to the same species ; it differs from the 
male, in having the elytra much shorter and broader^ the 
eyes small^ more finely granulated, and very widely 
separated. 
Xylophilus fluctuosus, n. sp. 
Rather short, broad, opaque, very finely pubescent ; the head 
(the eyes excepted) and prothorax obscure ferruginous, the latter 
infuscate at the sides ; the elytra testaceous, with two strongly 
angulated fuscous fasciae— one before the middle, formed by two 
elongate confluent marks (the inner one subtriangular) on each 
elytron, the other a little beyond the middle, formed by a V-shaped 
mark on the disc of each elytron, these marks being connected 
by a broad transverse fascia extending across the suture ; the 
antennae and legs testaceous, the hind femora infuscate. Head 
convex, thickly, finely punctate, obliquely narrowed behind the 
eyes ; the latter very large and prominent, coarsely granulated, 
rather widely separated in front, and feebly emarginate, the head 
narrowly extended behind them. Antennae slender, thickening 
