BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 617 



Head large, subquadrate, longer than wide; eyes rather small, 

 prominent; antennae slightly passing prothorax, gradually thick- 

 ening towards apex, basal joint not as long as the two following 

 combined, apical about as long as the two preceding combined, 

 and wider. Prothorax slightly longer than and not as wide as 

 the head, slightly longer than wide, transversely globose in front, 

 abruptly constricted at about the middle, the sides behind it 

 almost parallel, base feebly margined. Elytra scarcely one and a 

 quarter times as long as head and prothorax combined, consider- 

 ably wider than prothorax, shoulder feebly rounded, sides gradually 

 Avidening to near the apex, feebly depressed about scutellum. 

 Femora scarcely thickened, the anterior not much more noticeably 

 than the others, tibia? straight, intermediate tarsi slightly longer 

 than tibife, the others about as long. Length 1|, width ^ (vix) 

 mm. 



Hah. — Tamworth. 



AnTHICUS fiLABRICBPS, n.sp. 



Subconvex, shining. Black; antenme piceous, basal joints 

 reddish, each elytron with two rather large testaceous maculae 

 (not touching sides or suture), the first suboblong, oblique, its end 

 about one-third from the base, the other about one-third from the 

 apex, sublunulate in shape; beneath piceous (in the Windsor 

 specimen brownish-red), legs brownish-testaceous, tarsi testaceous. 

 Above rather densely clothed with brownish pubescence, beneath 

 the pubescence is shorter and paler, posterior coxae and apex of 

 mesosternum fringed with yellowish setse. Head minutely punc- 

 tate, base highly polished; prothorax densely and minutely punc- 

 tate; elytra densely and at the base rather coarsely punctate; 

 apex of mesosternum sparsely punctate; abdominal segments 

 extremely minutely punctate. 



Head subquadrate, slightly transverse, base feebly rounded; 

 eyes prominent; antennae slender, slightly thickening towards 

 apex, reaching base of prothorax, basal joint not as long as the 

 two following combined, apical joint about one and a half times as 

 long and slightly wider than preceding. Prothorax slightly longer 

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