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BY A. M. LEA. 487 



strongly rouuded iu front, becoming oblique towards base, very feebly notched 

 near base; punctures much as on head. Elytra flat, much wider than prothorax, 

 shoulders slightly rounded, sides almost parallel to near apex, punctures dense 

 and shai'ply defined, becoming smaller but still distinct posteriorly. Intercoxal 

 process of ' abdomen briefly triangular. Legs moderately long. Length, 3.5 — 

 3 . 75 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: CunnamuUa (H. Hardcastle). 



The two main colours are those of A. floralis, from which the species differs 

 in having the elytra longer, more parallel-sided, with the tips less rounded, and 

 the punctures and clothing much denser; the prothorax is longer, with the sub- 

 basal incurvature much less pronounced and the antennae longer and thinner, 

 The punctures at the base of the elytra are slightly larger and considerably 

 denser than on the prothorax; the spots on the shoulders occupy about two- 

 thirds of the width of the base. As the abdomen cur\'es to its tip, and the front 

 tarsi are rather wide, the three specimens under examination are probably males. 



Anthicus modigus^ n.sp. 



Pale flavo-castaneous, legs paler but knees infuscated, elytra partly dark. 

 Upper surface with short, pale pubescence, more distinct on elytra than else- 

 where. 



Head moderately large, parallel-sided behind eyes to near base, hind angles 

 slightly rounded, base bilobed; with fairly dense and rather sharply defined but 

 not very large punctures, sparser along middle than elsewhere. Eyes rather 

 small, prominent, and much nearer antennae than base. Antennae rather long 

 and partly monilifonn. Prothorax longer than wide, greatest width near apex, 

 where the sides are subangularly dilated, slightly wider than the base of head, 

 and almost twice the width of base ; punctures rather dense and small, but sharply 

 defined. Elytra much wider than prothora:s, shoulders slightly rounded, sides 

 parallel to near apex; with coarse, crowded, asperate punctures about base, 

 rapidly becoming smaller and sparser, and very minute on apical fourth. Inter- 

 coxal process of abdomen briefly triangular. Legs moderately long. Length, 

 2 . 75 mm. 



Hab. — North Western Australia (Macleay Museum). 



About the size ot.A. floralis, and with somewhat similar outlines, but at once 

 distinguished by the much coarser elytral punctures, these being almost as coarse 

 as on A. semipunctatus (which has the prothorax much narrower and hind tibiae 

 of male armed). At first glance it looks like some of the paler forms of A. 

 wollastoni, but the elytral punctures are slightly coareer at the base, and more 

 rapidly decrease in size, and the markings are very different; it also resembles 

 .1. hilobiceps, but has much coarser elytral punctures, prothorax shorter, etc. 

 The two colours of the elytra are distinct but not sharply limited; the dark pari; 

 commences as a subtriangular infuseation about the scutellum and is continued 

 along the suture to the middle when it is suddenly dilated (and becomes much 

 darker) so as almost to touch the margins, but about the tips the colour becomes 

 a dingy red; the abdomen is partly infuscated. As the front tarsi are rather 

 wide the type is probably a male. 



AXTHICUS SOEDIDUS, n.Sp. < 



Of a pale, dingy, reddish-castaneous, legs and antennae paler, bead and abdo- 

 men infuscated. Upper surface with very short pubescence, more conspicuous on 

 elytra than elsewhere. 



