ON AUSTRALIAN ANTHICIDAE (COLEOPTERA). 

 By Aethue M. Lea, F.E.S. 



[Read 29th November, 1922.] 



Since the publication of Masters' Catalogue, the Australian species referred 

 to this family of small and graceful beetles have been more than doubled, some 

 generic transfers made, synonymy noted, and the known range of many species 

 greatly extended; it has been considered desirable, therefore, to give a list of 

 the known species, with their range, before dealing with some new ones. Of 

 species previously referred to the family Anthicus aberrans Macl., has been 

 transferred to Macratria (Pedilidae) and A. dbnormis Kang to XylopJdlus 

 (Xylophilidae). A. melancholicvs Lea, as a record of locality only, (Trans. 

 Roy. Soc. S. Aust., 1916, p. 582) was used in error for A. inglorius Lea. 



List of known species of Anthicidae and their range in Australia. 

 AxTHiCTis Payk. 



adelaidae Champ. (N.W. Aust.) 

 albifasciatus Pic. {Ischyropulpus). 



(Australia)* 

 albanyensis Pic. (W.A.) 



(= inflatus Champ.) 

 apicalis King. (Qld.) 

 av^tralis King, mon Champ. (Formi- 



comus). (Qld., N.S.W., Vic, Tas., 



S.A., W.A.) 



(= walkeri Champ.) 

 baudinensis Champ. (Baudin I.) 

 brevicollis King. (Qld., N.S.W., Vic.) 

 bryunti Pic. (Qld., N.S.W., Vic.) 

 cancellatus Lea. (N.S.W.) 

 cavifrons Champ. (W.A.) 

 clarki King (Formicomus) . (W.A.) 



(== charon King, var.) 

 comptus Laf. (N.S.W., S.A.) 

 confertus Lea. (N.S.W.) 



constrictus Macl. (Qld.) 



o-assipes Laf. (Qld., N.S.W., Vic, Tas., 



King I.) 

 crassus King. (N.S.W., Vic, Tas., S.A., 



W.A.) 



(= tasmanicus Champ.) 

 demissus Lea. (N.S.W.) 

 denisoni King. (Qld., N.S.W.) 

 discoideus Champ. (N.W. Aust.) 

 duiius King. (N.S.W.) 

 elegans Lea {Formicomus). (N.W. 



Aust.) 

 exsanguis Pic. (Qld., N.S.W.) 



(= pallidus Macl.) 

 floralis Payk. (Qld., N.S.W., Vic," Tas., 



S.A., W.A., Cent. Aust.) 

 gawleri King. (N.S.W., S.A., W.A.) 

 geminatus Lea. (Vic, Tas., S.A., W.A.) 

 glaber King. (N.S.W., Vic, Tas., S.A.) 



Possibly not really Avistralian as named originally from South America. 



