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Art. setipes Wstw., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1856. p. 276. PI. 

 XVII. f. 3. 



« Ex Art. dilaticorni et angusticolli forma capitis, thoracis, 

 tibiarumque valde distinctus. Caput parvum, antice paruni an- 

 gustius, supra inter oculos vix impressum, margine antico \n 

 medio prominente. Antennae subo vales, parum angustiores, mar- 

 gine interno magis recto, basi constricto. Thorax cordato-trun- 

 catus, angulis anticis rotundatis, latitudine malori longe ante 

 medium posita; lateribus pone medium rectis et postice conver- 

 gentibus, disco pone medium fossula parva ovali notato. Elytra 

 conico-truncata , setosa^ absque striola suturali. Abdomen po- 

 stice magis dilatatum, in medio fortiter impressum, setis fulvis 

 ad latera instructum. Pedes breves, crassi, tibiis omnibus basi 

 angustatis , ad apicem longe setosis ; 4 anticis intus prope apicem 

 spinula minuta intus porrecta armatis » (Westwood). 



8. 



A. Pascoeus. — Flavo-ferrugineus , antice fortiter punctatus, 

 elytris evidenter setulosis, antennis brevibus, capite paulo lon- 

 gioribuSj intus extusque similariter rotundatis; thorace parvo, 

 quadrato, dorso foveolato. 



Long. 1 Vs™"^. Hab. : Australia occ. 



c/". Tibiis anterioribus apice calcari armatis, tibiis intermediis 

 extus infra medium angulatis, intus apice unco acuminato; po- 

 sterioribus apicem versus leviter dilatatis; abdomine apice for- 

 titer defiexo; metasterno medio apice penicillo parvo. 



A. Pascoeus Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874. p. 511. 



« The short antennae have a slender basal portion , and be- 

 yond this are dilated into an oval form, but with the extre- 

 mity truncate: the base of this oval is thin and laminate and 

 its surface is impressed. The head is short , being scarcely 

 longer than the thorax , but the eyes .are placed at a little di- 

 stance from its hind part. The thorax is small and narrow , and 

 about only half as broad as the elytra, quite as long as broad. 

 The el}-' tra are much narrower at the shoulders than at the 



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