232 Mr. G. C. Champion on 



Hob. New South Wales, National Park, Sydney 

 (H. J. Carter). 



Three specimens, one (apparently $) now without a head, 

 sent me by Mr. Carter as M. (Anthicus) aberrans, Macl. 

 (the type of which was from Gayndah), an insect described 

 as opaque, with the elytra scarcely wider than the pro- 

 thorax, the legs pale red, etc. Compared with the nearly 

 allied M. macrophthalma, from N. Queensland, the eyes 

 are not so large (the head thus appearing more developed 

 behind them), the antennae are stouter, the posterior 

 femora in great part black, etc. M. pallidiceps, Pic, from 

 N.S. Wales, M. intermedia, Lea, from Cairns, and M. analis, 

 Lea, from Tamworth, must all be different from the present 

 insect. 



41. Macratria duboulayi, n. sp. 



Moderately elongate, feebly shining (till denuded), thickly clothed 

 with fine, adpressed, fulvo- cinereous pubescence ; reddish-brown, 

 the head rufescent, the palpi, mouth-parts, antennae, and legs 

 testaceous, the tibiae a little darker than the femora and tarsi. Head 

 transverse, rounded at the sides posteriorly, truncate at the base, 

 closely, minutely punctate, the occipital groove short and very 

 shallow, the eyes moderately large and somewhat prominent; 

 antennae slender, joints 9-11 elongated and thickened, 11 as long 

 as 9 and 10 united. Prothorax a little broader than the head, oval, 

 strongly rounded at the sides and much narrowed behind, obsoletely 

 canaliculate on the disc, obliquely compressed on the flanks pos- 

 teriorly, densely, finely scabroso-punctate, the basal groove shallow. 

 Elytra moderately long, very gradually narrowing from the base, 

 densely punctulate, and also shallowly, minutely punctato-striate on 

 the disc, the interstices obsoletely costate externally. Legs stout, 

 the femora strongly clavate; basal joint of anterior tarsi nearly as 

 broad as the tibia. 



Length 4 mm. ($ ?) 



Hob. W. Austkalia, Champion Bay (Dub onlay, ex coll. 

 F. Bates). 



One specimen, in perfect condition, found many years 

 ago by Duboulay. This, species, to judge from the brief 

 description, seems to be related to M. (Anthicus) aberrans, 

 Macl., from Gayndah, Queensland. It may be known 

 from the described Australian forms by its reddish-brown 

 colour, the very densely punctulate, feebly shining, closely 

 pubescent surface, the transverse head, the strongly rounded 



