BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 



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towards apex, reaching intermediate coxa?, 1st joint about once 

 and a half as long as 2nd, 2nd-3rd equal. Prothorax fully 

 as wide as head, longer than wide, rounded in front, constricted 

 towards base; base smooth. Elytra about once and a quarter 

 as long as head and prothorax combined, more than twice 

 as long as wide, base truncate, shoulders feebly rounded, sides 

 gradually widening to beyond the middle; feebly depressed on 

 each side of suture towards apex. Legs not very long; femora 

 thickened, posterior arcuate; tibiae straight. Length 24, width 



mm. 



Hah. — Bridge Town, W.A. 



A second specimen from Bridge Town is a little smaller and 

 paler, and has the elytral marking confined to an indistinct 

 fasciate blotch across the middle. The species is similar in shape 

 and colour to A. exiguus, differing in being larger, more feebly 

 punctured, prothorax a little different, kc. Both my specimens 

 were taken (in company wdth many other small beetles) under a 

 stone, where they had retreated for protection against a fire. 



Anthicus ovipennis, n.sp. 



Slightly convex, shining. Testaceous-red; elytra testaceous, 

 and with a thin obscure piceous fascia across the middle, the apex 

 faintly tinged with piceous; legs and abdomen pale testaceous, 

 Ijasal segment of the latter tinged with joiceous. Elytra moder- 

 ately clothed with short pale pubescence, denser and shorter on 

 head and prothorax, rest of l^ody almost glabrous. Head and 

 prothorax shallowl}^ punctate; the elytra densely and rather 

 strongly, sides and sutures of sterna and basal abdominal segment 

 minutely but (under microscope) distinctly punctate. 



Head moderately large, subquadrate, eyes very small and 

 prominent, placed a little in front of the middle; antennae thin, 

 ver}'" slightly thickening to apex, "scarcely reaching intermediate 

 coxa?, 1st joint thick, not much longer than 2nd, 2nd a little 

 longer than 3rd, 11th almost as long as 9th-10th combined. 

 Prothorax fully as wide as head, longer than wide, rounded in 

 front, constricted towards base; base with traces of tubercles. 



