■IBS ON AtlSTRALIAK ANTHICIDAB, 



Head moderately long, hind angles and base completely rounded off; with 

 dense and rather small, but sharply defined punctures. Eyes small, prominent, 

 and much nearer antennae than base. Antennae rather long. Prothorax longer 

 than wide, widest near apex, where the width is slightly more than that of head, 

 and almost twice that of base; with dense punctures, slightly larger than on 

 head. Elytra much wider than prothorax, shoulders slightly rounded, sides 

 almost parallel to near apex; with dense punctures, at base about as large as on 

 prothorax, but rather less crowded, and becoming gradually smaller, till at the 

 apex they are much smaller but still quite distinct. Intercoxal process of abdomen 

 briefly triangular. Leg's moderately long. Length, 2.5 mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Lucindale (B. A. Feuerheerdt). 



At first glance like some of the smaller specimens of A. wollastoni, but head 

 not notched or bilobed at base, prothorax more dilated in front, more strongly 

 narrowed to base, and with denser punctures. In some lights a very faint in- 

 fuseation or very feeble fascia may be seen across the middle of the elytra. As 

 the front tarsi are rather wide the type is probably a male. 



Anthicus insignicoekis, n.sp. 



<S. Of a rather dingy flavous, legs paler, elytra with an infuscated median 

 fascia and usually a subapical spot, occasionally the marking's conjoined. Eather 

 densely clothed with pale pubescence, and with some rather short, upright hairs. 



Head rather short, hind angles rather strongly rounded, base feebly incurved 

 to middle but hardly notched; in front with fairly numerous small but sharply 

 defined punctures, less distinct elsewhere. Eyes ra,ther large, hardly more distant 

 from base than from antennae. Antennae with basal joint moderately long, 

 second to sixth small, seventh almost as long as three preceding combined and 

 much wider, ninth slightly shorter than seventh, slightly longer than eighth and 

 distinctly longer than tenth, eleventh at base as wide as the preceding joints, and 

 about as long as the ninth. Prothorax rather short, sides strongly rounded in 

 front and notched near base; with dense and sharply defined punctures of 

 moderate size. Elytra much wider than prothorax, shoulders rather strongly 

 rounded, sides moderately dilated to beyond the middle; punctures about base 

 slightly larger than, but scarcely as dense as on prothorax, becoming smaller 

 posteriorly, but everywhere sharply defined. Intercoxal process of abdomen 

 narrow and subtriangular. Legs thin but not very long. Length, 2: 25 — 2 . 5 mm. 



$. Differs in having the joints of antennae very feebly and regularly in- 

 creasing in width from near the base. 



jffab.— Queensland : Cairns district (F. P. Dodd, C. J. Wild, and A. M. Lea), 

 Port Douglas (Wild). 



At first glance apparently a small species of the A. brevieollis group, but the 

 five apical joints of the male are unusually large, and distinctive from all other 

 Australian members of the family; on two of them the two apical joints are 

 black. The median fascia of the elytra is rather wide, it is sometimes hardly 

 more than a slight infuscation terminated before the margins, but on some speci- 

 mens is much darker, extends right to the margins, and the margins themselves 

 are narrowly dark almost to the apex; the suture in front of and behind the 

 fascia is usually narrowly infuscated, and the infuscation is sometimes enlarged 

 to a subapical spot; on one female the elytra, except for a large spot on each 

 shoulder, are entirely dark. Seven of the specimens, all males, were removed 

 from sticky seeds of Pisonia brunoniana. 



