BY W. MACLEAY, ESQ., F.L.S. 307 



674. — Anthicus propinquds. n. sp. 

 Length 1| lines. 

 Piceous red, subnitid, punctate and hairy. Thorax narrower 

 than the head, convex and scarcely compressed laterally behind. 

 Elytra subovate, convex, and sparsely and coarsely punctate, with 

 the base, apex, and a median fascia not reaching the suture, black. 

 Antennse and legs pale red. 



675. — Anthicus laticollis. n. sp. 

 Length 1| lines. 

 Head transverse, black. Thorax transverse, subconvex, as 

 broad as the head and much narrowed behind, of a dark red 

 colour and clothed with a cinereous pubescence. Elytra red, 

 pubescent, subconvex, subnitid, and finely punctate, with a large 

 median fascia becoming narrower towards the suture but not 

 reaching it, and the apex, black. Antennte and legs red, the 

 latter with the apical half of the thighs brown. 



G76. — Anthicus masteesii. n. sp. 

 Length 1| lines. 

 Black, nitid, and thinly punctate. Thorax subconvex, nar- 

 rower than the head, longer than the width, slightly and gra- 

 dually narrowed towards the base, and piceous at the base. 

 Elytra subconvex, with two indistinct deep red transverse spots 

 on each elytron, one near the base, the other behind the middle. 

 Antennee and legs piceous. 



677. — Anthicus constrictus. n. sp. 

 Length 1| lines. 

 Black, nitid, minutely punctate, and sparingly pubescent. 

 Thorax i-ed, elongate, narrower than the head and much con- 

 stricted in the middle. Elytra flat, with a narrow yellow fascia 

 near the base. Antennae and legs reddish. 



678. — Anthicus pallidus. n. sp. 

 Length 1 line. 

 Pale red, subnitid, densely punctate and finely pubescent. 



