BY THE REV. R. L. KING, B.A. 5 



varieties amount to spots, but which do not in the numerous speci- 

 mens sent me by Mrs. Kreusler. 



Genus IV. Anthelephilus. Hope. 

 This genus was separated from the succeeding one, Formicomus, 

 to receive the species without any apparent angle at the shoulders 

 of the elytra. M. La Ferte-Senectere appears to desire to re-unite 

 the species to Formicomus. Not having seen any of them, I am 

 not in a position to give an opinion. Judging however from the 

 plates of the species, I hardly think there is a necessity for the 

 division. A single Australian species has been described by Hope 

 in the following terms. 



Sp. 6. A. cyaneiis. Hope. 



Capite nigro, antennis pedibusque atris. 



Long. 2 lin., lat. | lin. 



Nova Hollandia. 



Antennae nigros, articulo basali crasso, reliquis extrorsum 

 crassioribus ; thorax ovalis, antice posticeque contractus 

 nigro-cyaneus ; elytra cyanea, nitida, glaberriraa ; corpus 

 subtus nigrum, pedes concolores. 



Trans. Zool. Soc. Vol. I., page 10] ; Plate XIV., fig. 4. 



Genus V. Formicomus. De la Ferte. 



Form [COMA. Motzch. 



This genus has been established for the reception of the 

 Anthicites, which have at the same time the thighs claviform, and 

 the elytra convex and oval. The intercoxal plate is generally 

 large and obtuse, (truncate or ogee shaped), while in Anthicus, it 

 is generally triangular and acute. The species composing this 

 genus are among the largest of the whole family, often very 

 nimble and sometimes exceedingly handsome. 



Sp. 7. F. GlarTcii. 



Nitidus parce pilosus, capite nigro polito antennis piceis ; 

 thorace rufo-flavescente ; elytris nigro-cyaneis post humeros 



