BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 475 



Tkntegia quadrisignata Lea, Deutsch. Ent. Zeit., 1910, p. 520. 

 Hab. — New South Wales; Queensland. 



Tentegia anopla Lea, Mem. Soc. Ent. Beige, xvi., 1908, p. 173. 

 Hab. — New South Wales. 



Tentegia quadriseriata Lea, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 1912, 

 p.102. 

 Hab. Queensland. 



Tentegia tortipes Lea, I.e. 

 Hab. — Northern Territory of Australia. 

 Genus Anilaus Pascoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1870, p.477. 



Head of moderate size. Eyes ovate, coarsely faceted. Rostrum 

 rather long. Scape slightly shorter than funicle. Prothorax 

 strongly transverse, apex very suddenly narrowed. Scutellum 

 small and transverse. Elytra not much wider than prothorax. 

 Mesostemal receptacle almost flat, cavernous. Metastemum very 

 short, episterna not traceable. Abdomen large, sutures distinct; 

 two basal segments large. Femora comparatively thin, grooved 

 and dentate, teeth of the front pair very large, triangular, and 

 acute. Widely oblong, elliptic, flattened, squamose, apterous. 



The affinities of this genus are not very obvious. Mr. Pascoe 

 regarded it as belonging to the Ch&tectetorus-gvoup (although 

 aberrant). I prefer to regard it as belonging to the Poropterus- 

 group; its nearest ally appears to be Tentegia. It is to be noted 

 that, whilst Mr. Pascoe says, " The eye is less coarsely faceted 

 than in some of the allied genera," he, nevertheless, tabulates it 

 amongst those having " Eyes coarsely faceted." 



Alternate interstices of elytra raised sordidus. 



Interstices regular M coslirostris. 



Anilaus sokdidus Pasc; Mast. Cat., Sp.No.5525, 

 Very densely clothed with muddy-grey scales; with stout, sub- 



spathulate scales interspersed rather thickly, especially on pro 



thorax and alternate interstices of elytra. 



Rostrum rather coarsely punctate in front of antennae; behind 



them the sculpture (except for a median carina) concealed. Pro- 



