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ON A XEW SPECIES OF ATEUCHUS {ACTINOPHOBUS) 



FEO]\r AUSTRALIA. 



By JOHN \V. SHIPP. 



Actinophorus leei sp. nov. 



BLACK, shining. C'lypeus six-dentiite, with tho margin much reflexed und 

 eraargiuate. Occipital carina raised and smooth ; two transverse carinac 

 cross the disc towards the centre, where they become obsolete, being much jilaiiier 

 near the eyes ; disc slightly raised in the centre between the carinac. Head 

 coarsely and irregularly punctured ; near the margins the punctures have run 

 together, and are elongated near the front margin of the clypeus. Posterior portion 

 adjoining the thorax is very finely rugose. The margin of the cly])eus is furnisheil 

 with a number of porrect pitchy hairs. Maxillary palpi four-jointed. 



Thorax rounded at sides ; anterior margin sinuate, emarginate, and smooth, tiie 

 lateral margins crcnulate and fringed with porrect jiifchy liairs ; posterior margin 

 slightly produced in centre, forming an almost obsolete scutcllery projection, with 

 a row of large punctures round the whole of the margin except the projection in 

 the centre, and each puncture with a small porrect bristle standing in it. 



Thorax asperate, very sjjaringly punctured with fine ])unctnres, and slightly 

 pilose. A large cicatrix on each side near the lateral margins, with the discal side 

 raised into a small obtuse point. 



El3'tra granulo-asperate and six-striate, the striae being formed of a series 

 of elongated punctures, which arc very plainly marked, the punctures being rather 

 deep. Interstices sparingly jiunctured, but the jjunctures are very fine. Sutural 

 ridges smooth and glabrous ; the first interstice is transversely wrinkled on the disc 

 and near the apex. Margins of elytra distinctly emarginate, the margins being smooth, 

 but the fold between the two marginal carinae is very thickly and coarsely ])unctui'ed. 

 Pygidium very finely granulo-as]jerate, and emarginate. Legs hairy ; anterior 

 femora finely punctate ; anterior tibiae four-dentate on outer margin, with the inner 

 margin finely crcnulate and a row of porrect hairs down the whole length of the 

 disc. Intermediate and posterior femora sparingly punctured uirli large jjinictures, 

 but quite glabrous on the underside near the apex. Hintl tiliiae and tarsi as in 

 Actinojjiiorus Creutz. Abdomen smooth ; sternum with a few hirge jiuuctures 

 scattered round the edges, almost impunctate on the disc, an impressed longitudinal 

 furrow on the disc, the keel being ridged in the centre. Sides of abdomen covered 

 with long pitchy hairs. 

 Long. corj). 18 mm. 



Hah. Swan River, West Australia (type in the Triug JMusenni). 

 This is the only Atcitc/tun coming from the Australian Region with wliicli 1 

 am acquainted, and it certainly shows that the xiteiicliinur have extended their range 

 over a larger area than tlie majority of writers believed. Up to the jjresent time 

 this is, I believe, the only specimen oi Atcuchus (s.g. Actinoiilwnis) which has been 

 obtained south of the Indian or Oriental limit, and most probably why New (iiiiiua 

 and Australia arc so deficient in Ateurhinae is conse([uent upon the dearth nl' aiiiniiil 

 stcrcorc. 



