278 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



head and prosternum dull red; cox£e, base of femora — the posterior 

 infuscate towards apex — and tarsi obscure testaceous; antenna? 

 piceous. Elytra very sparsely pubescent, rest of the body almost 

 glabrous. Above minutely, beneath indistinctly punctate. 



Head a little longer than wide, rounded; eyes, small, prominent; 

 antennae slender, inserted midway between eyes and apex of 

 mandibles, reaching intermediate coxse, 1st joint about once and 

 a half longer than 2nd, 2nd a little longer than 3rd, 11th 

 about the length of 9th-10th combined. Prothorax scarcely the 

 width of head, longer than wide, transversely globose in front, 

 strongly constricted near base; a small tu])ercle on each side at 

 base. Elytra about as long as head and prothorax combined, 

 about two and a half times as long as wide, base truncate, 

 shoulders feebly rounded, sides feebly widening to beyond middle; 

 a very feeble impression behind the base (only visible when 

 viewed sideways). Legs slender; femora thickening towards apex, 

 tibise straight. Length 1^, width |-mm. 



riab. — Bridge Town, W.A. Between the leaves of cabbages. 



I have a specimen from Donnybrook in which the whole of the 

 prothorax is dull red. The species closely resembles A. strictus 

 and A. hemhidioides; from the former it differs in being narrow^er, 

 with thicker antennae, and by its more parallel elytra; from the 

 latter by its differently shaped prothorax, w4th more prominent 

 tubercles, and by its head being a little smaller. 



Anthicus geminatus, n.sp. 



Narrow, elongate, subdepressed, shining. Testaceous, prothorax 

 darker than elytra; head and apical half of el3'tra — except along 

 suture — tinged with piceous, lower surface coloured as prothorax, 

 legs i^aler, abdominal segments — except basal — piceous. Elytra 

 moderately, head and prothorax very sparsel}^ clothed with short 

 pale pubescence, lower surface almost glabrous. Above densely 

 and not very minutely punctate, each puncture carrying a small 

 hair; sterna indistinctly punctate. 



Head rounded, a little longer than wide; e3"es small, prominent, 

 in exact middle of sides; antennae slender, slightly thickening 



