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forms. Comparing jjale narrow specimens witli subereet pubescence and two 

 elytral spots, with larger, wider and darker ones, with depressed pubescence and 

 three spots, the differences certainly appear to be specific; but there are so many 

 connecting forms that I cannot regard them as representing more than one 

 species. 



Sab. — Western Australia: Bridgetown, Darling Ranges, Beverley, Vasse 

 River; South Australia: Adelaide, Mount Lofty, Mount Gambier, Lucindale, Port 

 Lincoln, Port Augusta; Victoria: Forrest, Geelong, Nelson, Melbourne, Carrum, 

 Cape Otway ; Tasmania : Hobart, Jordan River. 



Anthicus plavipennis, n.sp. 



Dark red; elytra, legs and palpi flavous. With sparse pale pubescence, and 

 a few upright hairs. 



Head oblong-ovate, rather flat, hind angles rounded, base straight across 

 middle, except for a very feeble median notch; with dense and sharply defined 

 punctures, except along middle, which is shining and almost impunctate. Eyes 

 rather small, medio-lateral and prominent. Antennae moderately long and thin. 

 Prothorax slightly longer than wide, widest near apex, sides moderately decreas- 

 ing in width posteriorly and then strongly notched at basal third, a feeble sub- 

 tubercular elevation on each side of base; with dense and rather large punctures, 

 and with a shallow median line. Elytra much wider than prothorax, shoulders 

 slightly rounded, sides very feebly dilated in middle; with rather numerous, 

 sharply defined punctures about base, becoming smaller and sparser posteriorly, 

 and almost vanishing about apex. Legs, especially the hind ones, rather long and 

 thin. Length, 4.25 mm. 



Hab. — South Australia: Miller's Creek (Prof. F. Wood-Jones). 



The elytra are without markings, but the species is a very distinct one on 

 account of the coarse punctures of the head and prothorax, the elytral punctures 

 on the basal half are all more or less sharph' defined, but even at the base they 

 are decidedly smaller than those on the prothorax. The eyes are slightly longer 

 than the basal joint of antennae, the prothorax is slightly wider than the head; 

 the abdomen is somewhat paler than the rest of the under surface, and its inter- 

 coxal process is gently rounded off, although the notch on the metasternum before 

 if is acutely triangular. The type is probably a female. 



Anthicus acentetus, n.sp. 



6. Pale eastaneous; elytra, antennae, palpi and legs paler (more or less 

 fl^avous). Elytra moderately clothed with short pale pubescence, rest of upper 

 surface almost glabrous. 



Head fairly large, rather convex, oblong-ovate, a narrow impression in 

 middle of base, hind angles moderately rounded off; punctures not very large, 

 but sharply defined and rather dense about eyes, smaller and sparser elsewhere. 

 Eyes moderately large, extending about half-way to neck, medio-lateral, and 

 prominent. Antennae rather long and thin. Prothorax distinctly longer than 

 wide, narrower than head, sides strongly rounded in front and widest at about 

 apical fourth, sides gently decreasing in width posteriorly, and moderately notched 

 near base, a narrow impression traversing extreme base; with fairly dense and 

 sharply defined punctures of moderate size, somewhat sparser along middle than 

 elsewhere, but without a median line. Elytra rather elongate, much wider than 

 prothorax, shoulders gently rounded, sides parallel to near apex; with dense and 

 sharply defined punctures, decreasing in size posterioi-ly. Apical segment of 



