496 Cli AUSTEALIAN- ANTHICIDAE^ 



sharply defined and slightly larger than on head. Elytra much wider than pro- 

 thorax, shoulders slightly rounded, sides almost parallel to near apex; punc- 

 tures on basal half larger than on prothorax, becoming smaller and sparser 

 posteriorly but distinct to apex. Intercoxal process of abdomen short and sub- 

 acute. Legs moderately long. Leng-th, 2.5 — 3 mm. 



Hub. — Queensland: Townsville (F. P. Dodd), Cairns, Emerald (A. M. Lea); 

 Northern Territory: Darwin (W. K. Hunt); North Western Australia: Derby 

 (Dr. A. M. Morgan), Fortescue River (W. D. Dodd). 



At first glance resembles some of the multitudinous forms of A. liesperi, 

 but the prothorax is of different shape, the head is smaller and the punctures 

 are decidedly coarser; the markings are almost as on some of the larger forms of 

 A. kreusleri, but all the punctures are decidedly coarser; A. xeropMlus is con- 

 siderably narrower with much smaller punctures, and the notch at the base of 

 its head is always distinct; on the present species the basal incurvatui'e is very 

 faint, and could hardly be regarded as a notch; in general appearance it is some- 

 what like A. gawleri, on a greatly reduced scale. The head varies from no 

 darker than the prothorax to almost black, the abdomen is often deeply in- 

 fuscated. The black elytral fascia sometimes occupies the whole of the median 

 third, except for a very narrow interruption at the suture, is connected along 

 the sides with the black apical fourth or fifth, and also by an infuscation along 

 the suture, so that a spot (conspicuously flavous) is enclosed on each elytron; 

 but on an occasional specimen the pale sutural space is increased, so that the 

 fascia, from above, appears as two large, disconnected spots. The punctures on 

 the metasternum are slightly coarser than those on the prothorax. The male 

 differs from the female in having the hind tibiae slightly more curved, all the 

 tarsi slightly more dilated, and the apical segment of abdomen less evenly 

 convex. 



Anthicus mimetes, n.sp. 



Pale reddish-castaneous, head and prothorax opaque; elytra flavous, base, 

 apex, and a median fascia blackish or deeply infuscated; legs flavous. With 

 very short, depressed, pale pubescence. 



Head short, hind angles moderately rounded, base not notched; with minute 

 crowded punctures, but leaving a narrow, shining median line. Eyes rather large, 

 prominent, not much more distant from base than from antennae. Antennae 

 thin, but not very long. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, sides in front 

 strongly rounded, and much wider than base, strongly notched near base, with a 

 feeble depression connecting the notches, behind it two very feeble elevations: 

 punctures much as on head, but becoming more noticeable about base. Elytra 

 much wider than prothorax, shoulders slightly rounded, sides very feebly dilated 

 to. about the middle; with dense but inconspicuous punctures. Intercoxal pro- 

 cess of abdomen narrow and gently rounded. Legs rather thin. Length, 2 — 2.25 

 mm. 



Hab. — South Australia: Barossa, Quorn (A. H. Elston), Lueindale (F. 

 Seeker), Mount Lofty; New South Wales: W'agga Wagga (R. Helms), Forest 

 Reefs (A. M. Lea). 



A depressed species readily distinguished from the many similarly coloured 

 ones by the opaque head and prothorax. The elytral markings vary in extent 

 and intensity, and on some specimens might be regarded as consisting of tliree 

 fasciae; the median fascia is always conspicuous, but on some specimens is nar- 

 rowed towards and interrupted at the suture, it occupies about one-fifth or one- 

 sixth of the length of the elytra, the apical mark is semicircular, the base on 



