BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 619 



combined, twice as long as wide, shoulders feebly rounded, almost 

 parallel-sided to near the apex, base (except at suture) distinctly- 

 raised, feeljly depressed behind the base, very feebly depressed on 

 each side of the suture. Legs slender, femora scarcely thickened, 

 the tibias very feebly bent inwardly; all the tarsi shorter than the 

 tibife, basal joint of the posterior as long as the following com- 

 bined; in the others it is little more than half as long. Length 

 2|, width f mm. 



ILih. — Tweed River ; two specimens. 



A specimen from the Clarence River differs in being narrower, 

 with the head longer, both it and the prothorax slightly paler 

 (reddish-piceous) and with the legs longer and thinner, but in the 

 same proportions. I do not think it is more than a variety. 



The above species differs from the preceding (which it closely 

 resembles) in being narrower; the antennae and legs paler; elytral 

 macul?e paler, the basal larger; head smaller and less quadrate; 

 prothorax more densely punctate, longer, less distinctly bilobed, 

 the anterior lobe appearing almost angled; elytra with the base 

 more distinctly raised, not so depressed on each side of the suture, 

 as well as longer and sparser pubescence. 



Anthicus pulchrior, n.sp. 



Subconvex, shining. Head and lower surface dark red, pro- 

 thorax paler, eyes black; antennae red, increasing to brown at 

 apex; elytra testaceous-red, suture darker, the base narrowly, a 

 broad median fascia black, apical third stained with brown. Head 

 feebly punctate, highly polished; prothorax densely and minutely 

 punctate; elytra coarsely punctate on basal half, towards apex the 

 punctures almost obsolete; beneath apparently impunctate, 

 above sparsely clothed with short pale sub-erect pubescence, 

 beneath very minutely pubescent. 



Head and prothorax as in A. glabriceps. Elytra about one and 

 a half times as -long as head and prothorax combined, more than 

 twice as long as wide, shoulders feebly rounded, sides feebly 

 widening to beyond the middle, narrowly depressed on each side 

 of the suture from base to apex, deepest near the apex. Legs 



