272 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



obscure: eyes black; tip of mandibles piceous. Above not very 

 densely clothed with yellowish decumbent pubescence, with a few 

 erect short hairs— a few of which project laterally on prothorax 

 — densest on prothorax, sparsest on head; on the undersurface 

 the pubescence is sparser, and — except on abdominal segments — 

 longer than above. Head distinctly but not very densely punc- 

 tate; prothorax densely, elytra shallowly and not very densely 

 punctate; sterna scarcely distinctly, the abdominal segments very 

 feebly punctate. 



Head sliort, transverse, base feebly emarginate; eyes large, 

 occupying more than half the side of head between antennse and 

 base; mandibles prominent; antennae short, scarcely reaching base 

 of prothorax, 1st joint as long as 2nd-3rd combined, 2nd short, 

 3rd-4th narrowest, 4th-10th gradually decreasing in length, 11th 

 about once and a quarter as long as 10th, acuminate at apex, 

 2nd and 6th-10th globular. Prothorax subcordate, transverse, 

 broader and longer than head, sides rounded; base constricted 

 and narrowly margined, middle of the apex narrowly produced 

 and margined. Scutellum small, triangular, distinct. El3^tra 

 almost twice as long as head and prothorax combined, and about 

 twice as long as the width at base, shoulders feebly rounded, the 

 base near them very feebly impressed. Legs short; femora 

 thickened; tibice straight, a minute spur at their apices. Length 

 3 J, width 1 J mm. 



Ilab. — North-west Australia (Macleay Museum). 



My specimen is damaged, all the tarsi with the exception of 

 one of the anterior and an antenna being missing. It may be 

 distinguished from A. luridus by its longer pubescence, kc. 



Anthicus inglorius, n.sp. 



(J. Shaped somewhat as A. hrevicollis; subdepressed, shining. 

 Prothorax reddish-testaceous, head darker, elytra paler; under- 

 surface brownish-testaceous, antennse, palpi, anterior legs, four 

 posterior tibi?e and tarsi, and base of femora paler; eyes black; 

 tip of mandibles piceous. Above sparsely clothed with short 

 pale pubescence, with rather long hairs projecting laterall}^ from 



