BY A. M. LEA. 483 



Head subquadrate, bind angles moderately rounded off, base moderately 

 notched in middle; punctures small; a feeble longitudinal impression each side in 

 front. Eyes rather small and very prominent. Antennae moderately long and 

 rather thin. Protborax fiat; longer than wide; sides moderately rounded in 

 front, thence oblique to base, with very small punctures. Elytra thin, much 

 wider than prothoras, not quite covering abdomen, shoulders feebly rounded, 

 almost parallel-sided to near apex; with dense and small, but rather sharply de- 

 fined punctures, becoming very minute posteriorly. Femora moderately stout, 

 the hind ones longer than the others and mgre clavate, hind tibiae rather short 

 and stout, the front ones notched at about one-third from apex on under surface. 

 Length, 2.5 — 2.75 mm. 



S. Differs in having thinner and simple front and hind tibiae, and thinner 

 front tarsi. 



Hab. — South Australia (Macleay Museum), Quona (A. H. Elston). 



Probably belongs to the subgenus Micranthicus; from M. pulcher it is dis- 

 tinguished by its larger head with smaller eyes, and by the apparently uniformly 

 coloured elytra which, on close examination, are seen to be slightly darker in the 

 middle than at base or apex, bixt on pidcher there are two distinctly pale bands, 

 alternating with darker ones, the punctures also are more distinct than on that 

 species. It is about the size of A. pallidus and A. dubius, but is flatter, pro- 

 thorax with sides (as seen directly from above) evenly oblique to base, instead 

 of curved, punctures of protborax and elytra smaller, eyes larger, and legs 

 different. The protborax is decidedly longer than on A. expalUdus, and the 

 eyes are considerably smaller. From some directions the protborax appears to 

 be almost triangular, with its base quite even, but from others a faint sub- 

 basal depression may be seen. The hind tibiae of the male from one direction 

 appear to be of only moderate width and notched (or feebly incurved at the 

 middle) on one side, but when viewed at right angles to be rather strongly 

 dilated near the apex, with the upper surface of the dilated portion grooved for 

 the reception of the basal joints of tarsi. Two females from North Western 

 Australia (Fortescue River, W. D. Dodd) appear to belong to this species, but 

 have a somewhat dingier appearance, and the base of the head is more feebly 

 notched. 



Anthicus homalinotus, n.sp. 



Pale castaneo-flavous, elytra and legs still paler. Sparsely and minutely 

 pubescent. 



Head short, hind angles slightly rounded, base feebly notched in middle, 

 punctures sparse and small, but more numerous and distinct (although not large) 

 on a large feeble depression in front. Eyes rather large, extending slightly 

 more than half-way to base. Antennae moderately long, partly moniliform. 

 Protborax flat, slightly longer than wide, widest near- apex, where the sides ai-e 

 strongly rounded, thence oblique to a notch near base, a shallow depr&ssion near 

 base, two very feeble tubercles at base; punctures sparse and minute, but more 

 numerous about base than elsewhere. Elytra much wider than protborax, leav- 

 ing part of abdomen exposed, shoulders gently rounded, sides almost parallel; 

 punctures fairly distinct about base, but very indistinct elsewhere. Inter-coxal 

 process of abdomen short and rounded off. Legs moderately long. Length, 2 — 

 2.25 mm. 



IZ'a&.— Queensland : Townsville (H. H. D. Griffith, from F. P. Dodd). 



An unusually pale, flat species, close to A. {Micranthicus) pulcher, but even 

 more fragile-looking, and elytra entirely pale, becoming almost transparent pos- 



