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than usual; posterior tibire almost straight, outer subapical tooth 

 iu all distinct and acute but small. Length 5 mill. 



Hub. : N. S. Wales : Paroo River (Belgian iMuseum), Darling 

 Piiver (Macleay Museum). 



A small species somewhat resembling Spenceri, but the outline, 

 both of prothorax and elytra, more rounded, the femora edentate; 

 and the second abdominal segment with but one row of fovcce in 

 middle. 



427. ANCHITHYRUS (1) MUTIGUS n. sp. 



(^. Black, antenntfi dull red. Rather sparsely clothed (denser on 

 head and legs than elsewhere) with greyish brown scales; a stout 

 setose scale on each elytral granule. 



Head densely but indistinc'.ly punctured; with a number of dull 

 granules between eyes. Rostrum shorter than prothorax, scarcely 

 more than twice as wide as long, widest at apex, sides very feebly 

 incurved to middle; coarsely and confusedly punctured, especially 

 along middle. Scape the length of three basal joints of funicle; of 

 these the two basal joints are subequal in length, the seventh is 

 very feebly transverse. Prothorax indistinctly punctured, but with 

 numerous rather small (very small anteriorly) rounded, glossy 

 granules. Elytra subcordate, about once and one half the length of 

 prothorax, and at base slightly wider, sides rather strongly roun- 

 ded; striate-punctate, punctures rather large and round; interstices 

 each with a regular series of large (small towards suture) rounded 

 glossy granules, one at each corner of a puncture. Ahdomen with 

 very large round punctures on the two basal segments; the apical 

 segment with moderately large punctures; suture between first and 

 second traceable throughout, but not straight, deep or wide; inter- 

 coxal process wide; third and fourth combined shorter than second 

 or fifth. Legs with dense punctures; hind femora passing elytra for 

 about one third their length. Length 7 mill. 



$. Differs in having the rostrum longer, thinner and more llatte- 

 ned, the punctures considerably smaller (but still large), more 

 regular and nowhere confluent, although often close together; 

 from some directions they appear to form feeble rows. 



Hah. : N. S. Wales : Clarence River (Belgian Museum); Queens- 

 land: Cooktown (J. Faust). 



(ij The geuus Anchithyrus (Pasc, Auu. Mus. Civ. Geu., 1885, p. 257) has uot 

 hitherto been recorded as Australian ; but, iu addition to the present species, two 

 others are kuown to me from Queensland. 



