482 OK AUSTRALIAN ANTHICIDAE, 



noteh is very feeble and invisible from above, although fairly distinct from 

 oblique directions; the distance between the eyes and base of antennae is about 

 one-third of that between them and the base of head. The elytra are slig-htly 

 paler than the head and prothoras. 



Anthicus ambulans, n.sp. 



Pale flavous, parts of sterna and of abdomen infuscated. With sparse, pale 

 pubescence. 



Head oblong ovate, hind angles strongly rounded off, base not notched; 

 punctures sharply defined but not very dense or large. Eyes small, prominent 

 and medio-lateral. Antennae rather thin. Prothorax slightly longer than the 

 greatest width, which is near apes, where the sides are strongly rounded, and 

 the width of head, rather strongly notched near base, which is about half the 

 greatest width; punctures much as on head; median line well-defined on basal 

 half, but vanishing beyond the middle. Elytra elongate-elliptic, shoulders com- 

 pletely rounded off; punctures rather sharply defined, but not crowded on basal 

 half, vanisliing posteriorly. Legs rather long and thin. Length, 1.6 — 1.9 mm. 



H"ab.— Victoria: Birchip (J. C. Goudie, No. 298). 



A minute, pallid species, differing ii'om A. glaber, A. pallidus and A. dubius 

 in being smaller, in the prothorax more strongly narrowed to base, and shoulders 

 completely rounded off. Wings are present, but they are long, thin and without 

 venation (strap-like), totally useless for flight; the wings of the three other 

 species named are fully developed. On one of the specimens examined there 

 are some irregular black spots on the abdomen, but they are probably accidental, 

 or post-mortem ones. 



AXTHICUS EXPALLIDtJS, n.Sp. 



Pale flavous,, elytra and legs very pale. Clothed with very short pubescence. 



H'Cad short and moderately convex, hind angles rounded off, base not notched ; 

 punctures minute. Eyes large, extending to near base. Antennae partly monili- 

 form. Prothorax rather flat, wider than long, widest near apex, sides obliquely 

 decreasing to a rather deep sub-basal notch, and then less strongly decreasing to 

 base, a rather wide depression near base and a narrow impression at base; 

 punctures much as on head; median line very feeble and not continuous. Elytra 

 somewhat abbreviated, much wider than prothorax, shoulders moderately rounded, 

 sides almost parallel to near apex; punctures moderately dense about base, but 

 small and not very sharply defined, vanishing posteriorly. Legs not very long. 

 Length, 2.25 mm. 



fl"a&.— New South Wales: Forest Reefs (A. M. Lea). 



A pale, depressed species, about the size of A. dubius and A. pallidus, but 

 with much larger eyes, which extend more than half-way to base, those of the 

 species named extending less than half-way; the prothorax is also decidedly 

 shorter and wider (quite as short in proportion as in species of the A. brevicollis 

 group). From some directions the base of the prothorax appears to haye two 

 very feeble tubercles. The type has the alDdomen quite as pale as the elytra; 

 on a second specimen, except at its tip, it is blackish, and the metasternum is 

 '.dmrst as dark. 



Anthicus phaenithon, n.sp. 



d". Pale flavo-castaneous, legs and antennae paler. Moderately clothed with 

 very short, pale pubescence. ' 



