6 DESCRIPTION OF ANTHICIDES OF AUSTRALIA, 



nonnihil depressis, postice rotundatis ; femoribus nigris ad 



basin rufescentibus, tibiis rufescentibus. 

 Long. .14 poll. 

 Gawler ; South Australia. Mrs. Kreusler. 



This species comes very near F. rubricollis Dej. from South 

 Africa, but differs in colour of feet and puncturation of head. The 

 last joint of the antennae is sometimes rufous. The thorax (at 

 least in dead specimens) is sometimes piceous at the sides ; it 

 is rounded in front but regularly contracted towards the base, 

 yet without the sudden contraction so frequently observable. 



I have named the species after the Rev. Hamlet Clark, who 

 lias described so many Australian insects. 



Sp. 8. F. agilis. 



Fei'rugineus politus subglaber tenuissime punctulatus ; thorace 

 longitudinaliter canaliculato, ad basin valde contracto 

 minute tuberculato ; elytris nigris humeris albo-maculatis 

 pedibus piceis. 



Long. .15. 



Paramatta ; Liverpool Plains. 



The antennjB are piceous at the base, but gradually becoming 

 darker towards the extremities. The longitudinal furrow and 

 the tubercles at the base of the thorax, together with the oblique 

 white maculae on the shoulders of the elytra, distinguish it at a 

 glance from all its Australian congeners. Excepting that there 

 is a slight projection at the shoulders, this species will come very 

 near AnfhelepMlus ruficollis. It appears however to be a true 

 Formicomus. 



Sp. 9. F. Denisonii. 



Ferrugineus, nitidus, parce pilosus ; antennis piceis basi 

 ferrugineo ; thorace irregulariter punctato ; elytris nigro- 

 cyaneis pone humeros depressiusculis ; femoribus basi rufa 

 posticis non spinosis. 



Long. .15. 



Port Denison ; collection of Wm. MacLeay, Esq. 



