484 ON AUSTRALIAN AKTHICIDAE, 



teriorly; the head is also larger. On the type the sterna are as pale as the legs, 

 and the sides of the abdomen are deeply infuseated, but ou a second specimeij 

 the sterna and abdomen are of the same shade as the prothorax. From some 

 directions the frontal depression on the head, and its punctures, are scarcely 

 visible, but from others it is quite distinct, and its punctures are sharply defined; 

 on the type it is vaguely connected with the medio-basal notch, but on the other 

 specimen the connection cannot be traced. 



Anthicus dolichoderes, n.sp. 



Pale eastaneo-flavous, elytra still paler, apical half of femora slightly in- 

 fuseated, the metasternum and most of abdomen more deeply so. Sparsely and 

 minutely pubesc^ent. 



Head moderately long and subovate, hind angles rather strongly rounded, 

 base not notched; with fairly numerous small punctures, more sharply defined 

 near eyes than elsewhere; median line feeble, a vague oblique impression each 

 side in front. Eyes prominent and rather small, not extending half-way to base. 

 Antennae moderately long. Prothorax much longer than wide, apical two-thirds 

 with sides strongly and almost evenly rounded, notched near base, two feeble 

 elevations at base; with fairly dense and sharply defined punctures near base, 

 sparser and smaller elsewhere. Elytra much wider than prothorax, shoulders 

 gently rounded, sides dilated posteriorly and rather wide near apex, leaving 

 much of abdomen exposed; punctures fairly dense and distinct about base, but 

 feeble elsewhere. Legs moderately long. Leng-th, 3 mm. 



Hab. — Western Austi-alia: Cue (H. W. Brown). 



A brachy-elytrous species, readily distingmished from others of the subgenus 

 Micr anthicus by its larger size, and much longer and difHerently-shaped pro- 

 thorax. The intercoxal process of the abdomen is short and distinctly rounded 

 off; there is a feeble infuscation about the base of the elytra, and a still more 

 feeble one (scarcely visible) about apex. 



Anthicus pubipennis, n.sp. 



Black or blackish; under surface, legs and antennae of a more or less .dull 

 red, palpi paler. Elytra rather densely clothed with short, suberect pubescence, 

 spai-ser and shorter on head and prothorax. 



Head moderately long, subovate, hiad angles and base rounded off, the 

 latter not notched; with small, crowded punctures. Eyes small and medio- 

 lateral. Antennae moderately long. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, almost 

 as wide as head across eyes, front angles moderately rounded, sides oblicjue to a 

 sub-basal incurvature; punctures as on head. Elytra much wider than prothorax, 

 shoulders gently rounded, sides feebly dilated to beyond the middle; with crowded 

 but mostly sharply defined punctures, becoming smaller posteriorly, but trace- 

 able even at apex. Intercoxal process of abdomen short, narrow and rounded. 

 Legs moderately long. Length, 2.25 — 2.5 mm. 



Hob.— Queensland: Stewart River (W. D. Dodd), Cairns District (A. M. 

 Lea), Townsville, under seaweed (F. E. Wilson from G. F. Hill). 



A black opaque species in general appearance and with outlines much as in 

 A. inornatus, but darker, prothorax without median line and not subtuberculate 

 at base. The elytral pubescence in most lights appeai-s greyish, but in some it 

 has a distinct golden-green gloss. The elytral pvmetures are larger than on the 

 rest of the upper surface and, although small and crowded, are mostly sharply 

 defined; they are much the same on the metasternuni and abdomen. The apical 

 half of the femora is slightly darker than the basal half. On two specimens the 



