272 Mr. Frederick Bates on 



posterior coxaa more swollen within, and more approxi- 

 mate (probably a sexual character only); the intercoxal 

 process narrowly ti'iangular, and acuminate at the apex.* 



There are six joints to the abdomen in the male, the 

 only sex known to me. Further to distinguish this 

 genus from Atradus, I may add, that the posterior 

 femora in the male are simple (not toothed in the middle) , 

 and the tibise of the same pair are rounded (not expanded 

 nor keeled externally) . 



The square prothorax, and the remarkably small ter- 

 minal joint of the antennee, will readily distinguish this 

 genus from the preceding. 



Licymnius foveicolUs, n. sp. (PI. XII. fig. 5). 



(^ . Length 4i lines. Black, shining, sparingly 

 pubescent. Head coarsely and rugosely punctured. 

 Thorax glossy, subquadrate, scarcely longer than broad, 

 somewhat densely and coarsely punctured ; a rounded 

 shallow impression at the middle of the base, within the 

 margin. Scutellum subpentagonal. Elytra scarcely twice 

 the width of the prothorax at the base, depressed, gra- 

 dually tapering from the shoulders to the extremity ; 

 striate, the strife irregularly crenate, the interstices 

 almost flat, punctured, and more or less transversely 

 wrinkled ; an elongate patch, starting from the shoulder 

 and extending obliquely to the disc, fulvous. Body be- 

 neath, shining black, sparingly pubescent ; legs and 

 palpi shining black, with the base of all the thighs, and 

 the middle of the posterior shanks, yellow. Antennae 

 dull black. 



Hah. — Queensland (Brisbane). 



Anaxo, n. g. 



In its larger, broader, and still more depressed form, 

 this genus differs from any of the preceding. With a 

 similarly shaped prothorax, and the short terminal joint 

 of the antonnee, as in Licymnius, jt differs in having the 

 second joint of the maxillary palpi shorter and more 



* I do not Ivnow the genus Cliromomcea, Paseoe, (Jonrn. of Entom. ii. 

 490.) It would seem to approach very closely to Licymnius, but, as he 

 does not particularize the terminal joint of the antennfe, and gives the 

 prothorax of the same form as in Atractua (which is decidedly oblong), I 

 must consider them distinct. 



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