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ANTHICIDAE. 



Anthicus semipunctatus, n. sp. 



<S ■ Reddish-brown ; appendages paler, abdomen blackish 

 except at base, elytra obscurely fasciate. Moderately clothed 

 with short, whitish pubescence, the elytra in addition with 

 some longer, suberect hairs. 



Head rather convex, with sparse punctures; base bilobed 

 just before neck. Eyes rather large and prominent. Antennae 

 rather thin, extending to about middle coxae. Prothorax 

 long, thin, and strongly convex, about twice as wide near 

 apex as at the subbasal constriction, non-tuberculate at base; 

 with small, scattered punctures. Elytra long, rather thin, 

 and lightly convex, at base about twice the width of prothorax, 

 sides feebly dilated to about the middle; with dense and 

 rather coarse punctures, subseriately arranged, but suddenly 

 becoming much smaller and sparser beyond the middle. Sterna 

 with punctures somewhat smaller but otherwise as on base of 

 elytra. Legs long ; four hind femora subpedunculate ; hind 

 tibiae with a small acute tooth on the inner side about the 

 middle; basal joint of hind tarsi lightly curved, almost as 

 long as the rest combined. Length ( rf , 9)> 3J-3J mm. 



9 • Differs in having somewhat shorter legs and simple 

 hind tibiae. 



Hab. — South Australia : Birkett's Woolshed, Petermorra 

 Spring (Museum Expedition), Oodnadatta, Leigh Creek 

 (Blackburn's collection), Murray River (H. S. Cope), 

 Karoonda to Peebinga (G. E. H. Wright); Queensland: 

 Cunnamulla (H. Hardcastle), Winton (A. M. Lea); Western 

 Australia: Cue (H. W. Brown), Geraldton (Lea); North- 

 western Australia: Derby (W. D. Dodd). Type, I. 7961. 



In some respects close to wollastoni, but narrower, elytra 

 with coarser and sparser punctures on basal half, suddenly 

 becoming much smaller and sparser (practically absent) on an 

 obscurely denned post-median fascia (this fascia is rather 

 wide and complete, and on some specimens almost black, but 

 it is not at all sharply denned on its front edge, the tip6 

 beyond it, however, are much paler — on some specimens 

 almost flavous; on wollastoni the punctures evenly decrease in 

 size posteriorly, and the markings are different ; on the median 

 fascia of rectifasciatus, confertus, and gawleri, the punctures 

 are also sharply defined. On some specimens the hind femora 

 are infuscated ; on many females no part of the abdomen is 

 blackish. 



Anthicus xerophilus, n. 6p. 



Reddish-flavous, legs paler, abdomen infuscated or black 

 towards the apex; elytra with two transverse spots almost 



