BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 615 



piceous-red, basal joint paler; elytra piceous-black, the base and a 

 fascia immediately behind the middle testaceous-red, the extreme 

 base with a brownish tinge. Above sparsely clothed with pale 

 erect pubescence, densest on elytra, beneath scarcely pubescent. 

 Head and prothorax densely and minutely punctate; elytra not 

 so densely, the punctures largest towards the base, almost obsolete 

 at apex; beneath very minutely punctate. 



Head large, subquadrate, slightly longer than the width across 

 the eyes (where it is slightly wider than prothorax), base feebly 

 rounded; antennse slender, inserted some distance in front of the 

 eyes, scarcely reaching base of prothorax, 1st joint slightly thick- 

 ened, about one and a half times as long as 2nd, 2nd-4th somewhat 

 cylindrical, each nearly twice as long as wide, 5th-10th globular, 

 9th-10th transverse, 11th about one and a half times as long as 

 10th. Prothorax longer than wide, apex rounded, base truncate 

 and feebly margined, near the apex about one and a quarter times 

 as wide as the base, sides straight. Elytra about one and a 

 quarter times as long as head and prothorax combined, and 

 about twice as long as wide, slightly wider than the head, the 

 sides subparallel to near the apex, feebly depressed near the base. 

 Legs rather short, anterior femora very thick, all the tibije straight, 

 intermediate tarsi slightly longer than tibife, the others not quite 

 as long, 1st joint of posterior as long as 2nd-4th, 1st and 5th 

 joints of intermediate each as long as 2nd-4th, of the anterior 1st 

 and 5th slightly longer than 2nd-3rd, the cleft portion of 4th half 

 as long. Length 3.^, width 14 mm. 



Hah. — Queanbeyan. 



The above species may be distinguished from A. hesperi by its 

 larger and more coarsely punctured head. 



AXTHICUS CONFERTUS, n.Sp. 



8ul)convex, shining. Head, prothorax and lower surface black; 

 elytra dark red, \\ ith a broad median fascia and the apex black 

 (the red space between the apex and fascia sometimes appearing 

 as spots); antennas red, becoming darker towards apex, apical 

 joint of palpi brown; legs with the posterior apical half of inter- 



