16 DESCRIPTION OF ANTHICIDES OF AUSTRALIA, 



Group V. 



Thorax rugose, globose anterioi-lj — the sides generally spiny ; 

 elytra more or less striato-punctate. 



Sp. 28. A. scy dm een aides. 



Castaneus punctatus setosus ; capite piceo antennis castaneis 

 articulis 9 et 10 nigris ; thorace lateribus subangulosis 

 subspinosis ; elytris eonvexis liumeris piceis et duabus pone 

 medium maculis transvei'sis ; pedibus castaneis. 



Long. 0.10. 



Collection of W. MacLeay, Esq. 



I believe this species to be near the 5th group ; the strong 

 black setse on the thorax have ihe appearance of spines ; similar 

 strong black setae cover the pubescent elytra. The punctures on 

 the elytra are strong, but not at all arranged in stri^. The very 

 convex elytra separate it very decidedly from its Australian 

 congeners. 



Division II. 

 Group VII. 

 Thorax cordiform, transverse ; whole body flavo-testaceous. 

 A small group ; but represented in Australia by certainly two if 

 not three species. 



Sp. 29. A. luridus. 



Pallide ferrugineus, punctatus, sericeo-pubescens ; elytris luri- 



dis immaculatis. 

 Long. O.IO. 



Port Denison. Collection of Mr. MacLeay. 

 This species comes very near the European form A. hima- 

 culatus, but it wants the maculae on the elytra — as indeed is the 

 case with some specimens of bimaculatus. The head and thorax 

 are decidedly ferrugineous. 



Sp. 30. A. apicalis. 

 Luridus, parce setosus ; capite, antennis et elytrorum humeris 

 et apicibus murinis ; ad medium elytrorum maculis duabus 

 murinis. 



