BT A. M. LEA. iH 



9. Of a dingy livid colour, the Immeral spots somewhat paler than the 

 adjacent parts, bnt not sharply limited. 



From New South Wales I have seen but two males, one of Form 7, and a 

 rather large one of Form 2, with elytral markings more sharply defined than 

 usual. 



Six females from Victoria, South and Central Australia probably belong to 

 the species ; they are entirely pale except for three_ feebly infuseated spots on 

 the elytra, the subapical one usually fainter than the others; they resemble some 

 of the paler males of Form 3A; it is possible, however, that they belong to 

 A. laticollis. 



Anthicus obliQUIfasciatus King, and Allies. 

 There are three species belonging to this group. 1. A. obliquifasciatus 

 King, 2. A. clarki Eng (= A. charon King), 3. A. villosipennis Lea, and all 

 (except charon) were originally referred to Formicomus. They are all round- 

 headed and have the elytra strongly narrowed to base, with the intercoxal pro- 

 cess of abdomen small and acutely triangailar, the femora unarmed, and the hind 

 ones not clavate. The sexes differ considerably in the elytra; on one sex (pro- 

 bably the male) at the base they are slightly wider than the widest part of the 

 prothorax, and shoulders are present although they are strongly rounded; on 

 the other sex they have the sides continuously narrowed to the base, where the 

 width is scarcely greater than that of the base of the prothorax, and decidedly 

 less than its greatest width, and shoulders are absent. 



Anthicus laticollis Macl. 



Syn. — A. excavatus Champ., A. triangularis Lea. 



The types of A. laticollis have broken hind legs, but the bind tibiae are not 

 notched as on the males of A. erassipes, and A. hrevicollis; in colour the elytra 

 agree well with those of the male of the latter, but the antennae are entirely 

 pale, the hind femora are often partly black, but are mostly entirely pale. The 

 species occurs on both sides of the continent, and A. excavatus (of which A. 

 triangularis has already been noted as a variety) appears to be a synonym. In 

 general appearance the males of Forms 2 and 3 of A. crassus, with pale head 

 and prothorax, are scarcely to be distinguished from it, except by the subopaque 

 elytra. 



AsTTHiCUS STENOitOEPHUS Champ. 



Fifteen specimens that I took on Pelsart Island and at Geraldton appear 

 to belong to this species, but on only one of them are the dark median and 

 apical markings connected (and that rather narrowly) along the suture; the 

 median fascia varies from about thrice as long as the pale fascia behind it (the 

 pale portions of the elytra are almost white) to but little longer; the infuscatiou 

 about the base is absent from three specimens but distinct (although of variable 

 extent) on the others; the head varies from no darker than the prothorax to 

 almost black, the under surface also varies considerably in colour. The male 

 differs from the female in having the head slightly larger, the apical segment of 

 abdomen with a shallow depression, the legs stouter, and the front tarsi con- 

 siderably wider. 



Anthicus leae Pie. 



Syn. — A. exiguus Lea (nom. praeoec), A. rubriceps Lea (nom. praeoec). 

 The synonymy of this species has been unfortunate. I named it originally, 



