1]Y ARTHUK M. LEA. 277 



AXTIIICUS IXOIJXATUS, ll.sp. 



Elongate, narrow, feebl}^ shining. Head dark reddish-bro^\ n, 

 prothorax and elytra dark browni.sh-red, undersurface somewhat 

 paler, legs and antennte testaceous-red. Elytra and abdomen not 

 very densely covered with short pale pubescence; rest of bod}^ 

 very sparsely clothed. Head extremely densely and somewhat 

 rugosely punctate; prothorax, sterna and basal segment of abdo- 

 men very densely and not minutely punctate; elytra densely 

 punctate, punctures becoming feebler towards apex, abdominal 

 segments — except basal — minutely, femora shallo\yly punctate. 



Head longer than wide, base rounded; eyes small, prominent, 

 coarsely faceted, placed in front of the middle; antennae inserted 

 close to the eyes. Prothorax longer than wide, longer and about 

 the width of the head, subcordate, apex slightly rounded, liase 

 constricted and truncate; an indistinct tubercle on each side at 

 the base; median line feebly traceable at base and apex. Elj^tra 

 not once and a quarter as long as head and prothorax com- 

 bined, shoulders rounded, parallel-sided to near apex, or very 

 feebly widening to about the middle, without depression. Legs 

 slender; femora scarcely thickened; tibiji; straight, minutely 

 spurred at their apices; four anterior longer, the posterior as long 

 as tarsi, basal joint of posterior tarsi as long as the others com- 

 bined, intermediate as long as 2nd-3rd, anterior short. Length 

 2-L, width ^ mm. 



Hah. — ^ISTorth-West Australia (Maclea}' Museum). 



I do not know any species with which this very distinct one 

 can be satisfactorily compared. 



Antiiicus simulator, n.sp. 



Elongate, subdepressed, highly polished. Black; base of pro- 

 thorax obscure piceous, each elytron with two small testaceous 

 macuhie, one near the shoulder transversely triangular, the other 

 about a third from the apex, parallel-sided, directed a little 

 oljliquely towards and truncate near suture; these macuhe are 

 sometimes indistinct (especially the po-;terior); lower surface of 



