long, ninth and tenth joints conspicuously transverse. Elytra with sparse and 

 minute punctures. Length, 2.5 — 2.75 mm. 



Hub. — Northern Queensland (Blackburn's collection). 



At first glance appears to be a large variety of the preceding species, but 

 the consistently larger size, longer head with basal projection and stronger punc- 

 tures, thicker and entirely pale antennae, finer elytral punctures and tibiae (except 

 at the knees) no darker than the adjacent pai-ts, are sufficiently distinctive. The 

 prothorax (except at apes), elytra (except for the punctures), abdomen and 

 legs, are sculptured as described on that species. On three specimens the pro- 

 thorax is of a rather bright castaneous with the head but little darker; on two 

 others they are as dark as the dark parts of the elytra; on three of them the 

 front femora are darker than the others, and have an obscurely pale longitudinal 

 vitta. The pale elytral mai-kings are placed as on the preceding species, but the 

 sub-basal fascia is interrupted near the suture by a subtriangiilar extension of 

 the basal infuseation; the transverse postmedian spots are more widely separated 

 from the suture, and on one of them are rather narrow and less sharply defiired. 



Two specimens from the Northern Territory (Melville Island, W. D. Dodd) 

 have the general colours dingier, but with the sub-basal fascia (which is not in- 

 terrupted at the suture) and transverse postmedian spots white; on one of them 

 the head has comparatively dense and coarse punctures, with the median line not 

 traceable, except at the base, where it appeai-s as a rather narrow ridge, causing 

 the head to appear pointed there; on the other specimen the head is smaller, 

 with smaller punctures but the ridge cjuite as distinct. 



On all the specimens (although more noticeably on some than on others) 

 the base of the head is seen to be ciuite acute, owing to the ridge being abruptly 

 terminated, although not overhanging; from directly above, however, the base 

 appears strongly rounded off. They all have a medio-apical ridge on the pro- 

 thorax, although this is indistinct with the head in position. 



Anthicus foveifeb, n.sp. 



d'. Black or blackish-brown, prothorax of a dingy red, base paler, elytra 

 with four flavous spots or two interrupted fasciae, antennae and legs flavous, 

 three or four apical joints of the former, and tibiae and most of femora of the 

 latter, infuscated. Upper surface with depressed pubescence and a few short 

 hairs. 



Head rather short, hir>d angles and base strongly rounded, the latter not 

 notched; with sparse and small, but fairly sharply defined punctures, becoming 

 denser in front. Eyes comparatively large, medio-lateral and prominent. An- 

 tennae moderately long. Prothorax longer than wide, front moderately convex, 

 sides in front strongly rounded and almost twice the width of base, strongly 

 notched at basal third; transversely depressed and with distinct punctures near 

 base, smaller and sparser ones elsewhere; two feeble elevations at base. Elytra 

 with shoulders slightly rounded, sides moderately dilated to beyond the middle, 

 where the width is more than twice the widest part of prothorax; punctures 

 feebly defmed. Abdomen with intercoxal process wider than usual, and gently 

 rounded, apicaJ segment with a rather deep fovea extending from base almost 

 to apex, and oecupjdng rather less than the median third. Legs rather long and 

 thin. Length, 2.25 mm. 



Hab. — Western Australia: Beverley (F. H. du Boulay). 



In general appearance the type resembles a vei-y large specimen of A. strictus, 

 but the head is much shorter, its base is more strongly rounded off and the eyes 



