280 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Scutellum very small, semicircularly triangular. Elytra no longer 

 than head and prothorax combined, ovate, the shoulders strongly 

 rounded, without impression. Femora thick, tibiae straight. 

 Length 2, width | mm. 



Ilab.—Bmihurj, W.A. 



The short ovate elytra of this species should render it distinct; 

 in colour it somewhat resembles the preceding. 



Anthicus delicatulus, n.sp. 



Elongate, depressed, shining. Head testaceous-brown, pro- 

 thorax pale reddish-testaceous; elytra pale testaceous, a darker 

 marking about scutellum and apex, each with a triangular macula, 

 the apices of which meet at suture; sterna coloured as prothorax, 

 legs paler, abdomen — basal segment excepted — stained with 

 piceous. Clothed all over, sparsest on head, with very short pale 

 pubescence. Head, prothorax and sterna sparsely and very 

 minutely, elytra minutely punctate. 



Head not very large, strongly rounded, a little longer than 

 wide; eyes rather small and prominent, placed in the exact middle 

 of sides; antennae slender, feebly thickening to apex, inserted 

 midway between eyes and apex of mandibles, reaching inter- 

 mediate coxae, 1st joint not as long as 2nd-3rd combined, 2nd a 

 little thicker and shorter than 3rd, 11th not as long as 9th-10th 

 combined, its apex rounded. Prothorax longer than wide, no 

 wider than head across eyes, apex rounded, sides narrowing to 

 beyond middle, and then feebly increasing to base; feeble traces 

 of tubercles at base. Elytra not much longer than head and 

 prothorax combined, wider than head, base truncate, shoulders 

 feebly rounded, sides gradually widening to beyond the middle; 

 suture depressed at base, a very feeble depression near shoulders. 

 Femora thick, tibite straight. Length 24, width 4 mm. 



Hab. — North- West Australia (Macleay Museum). 



A narrow pale species, not very close to any known to me. 

 Another specimen is smaller, paler, and with the elytral markings 

 very obscure. 



