274 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



denser at base and shallowest at apex of elytra; undersurface 

 minutely punctate. 



Head longer than the width at base, and — excluding the eyes 

 — triangular in shape; eyes large, prominent, coarsely faceted, 

 placed midway between antennae and base; antennte reaching 

 beyond base of elytra, 1st joint slightly longer than 2nd-3rd com- 

 bined, 2nd-10th equal in thickness, 2nd not much shorter than 

 3rd, 4th-10th gradually decreasing, 11th slightly narrower than 

 10th, and nearly as long as 9th-10th combined. Prothorax sub- 

 cordate, feebly transverse, as broad as, and slightly longer than 

 head, widest in front, constricted behind, base margined. Scutel- 

 lum triangular, distinct. Elytra about one and a half times as 

 long as head and prothorax combined, shoulders feebly rounded, 

 the base near them feebly impressed, sides feebly widening to 

 about the middle, apex broadly rounded. Legs rather short; 

 femora moderately thickened; posterior tibiae feebly bent, spurred 

 at apex; tarsi shorter than tibiae. Length 21, width f mm. 



Hah North- West Australia (Macleay Museum). 



May be distinguished from A. brevicoUis by its flatter form, 

 laro-er head, sparser pubescence, &c.; A. Wollastoni is a species 

 with somewhat similarly marked elytra, but otherwise very 

 different. I have recently taken two specimens at Perth which 

 differ from the types in being darker, in having a complete median 

 fascia, the dark marking at apex of elytra larger, the scutellar 

 marking darker and continued on to shoulders; the pubescence 

 also is denser; as, however, they belong to a group the members 

 of which are very variable I have not thought it advisable to 

 describe them as distinct. 



Anthicus lemodioides, n.sp. 



.Elongate, subdepressed, shining. Head and prothorax chocolate- 

 brown; elytra reddish-testaceous, a moderately broad piceous fascia, 

 interrupted at suture, across the middle; lower surface paler 

 than prothorax; legs paler than elytra. Above not densely 

 clothed with short pubescence, with longer hairs at the sides; 

 undersurface with minute pubescence. Head and prothorax 



