New Species of Ilcteromera. 273 



robust (as in Atractiis) ; the antenna3 relatively shorter 

 and more compressed, with the ninth joint truncate, and 

 somewhat produced at the apex within ; the tenth and 

 eleventh of a similar form, but more slender ; head more 

 robust, broader between, and less contracted behind, the 

 eyes ; the latter more depressed ; thoi^ax truncate at 

 the base ; scutellum broader and somewhat rounded be- 

 hind ; elytra flatter, the sides sub-parallel ; intercoxal 

 process gradually arched to the apex, which is subacu- 

 minate, its base depressed below the plane of the abdo- 

 men. 



I know only the female. 



Anaxo brevicornis, n. sp. (PI. XII. fig, 6) . 



9 . Length 6 lines. Black, shining ; sparingly pubes- 

 cent. Head closely and coarsely punctured, the thorax 

 more finely and sparingly so ; the latter subquadrate, 

 scarcely longer than wide ; a profound, conically-shaped 

 depression at the middle of the base, extending across 

 the margin. Scutellum large, sub-transverse. Elytra 

 scarcely twice the width of the thorax at the base, 

 strongly depressed ; sides subparallel for three-fourths 

 of their length, then contracted to the apex; striate, the 

 striee irregularly punctured, the interstices nearly flat, 

 coarsely punctured, and somewhat strongly and trans- 

 versely wrinkled. Body beneath, shining black, very 

 sparingly pubescent ; legs fulvous, with the apical half of 

 the thighs, the tips of the tibisG, the tarsi, antenna), &c,, 

 black. 



Hah. — South Australia (Adelaide) . 



