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there is a vague depression on each side of the disc of the 

 prothorax. On one the foveas on the pygidium are not 

 traceable. 



PSEUDOCLITHRIA ANCHORALIS, n. Sp. 



<5 . Base of head (the rest flavous), middle of apex of 

 prothorax, and a median line (not quite extending to apex), 

 scutellum, suture, apex and apical sides of elytra, sterna (the 

 sides flavous), abdomen (the sides flavous), and legs (most of 

 hind femora flavous), black or blackish; pygidium flavous; 

 prothorax with the sides flavous, becoming red between same 

 and a black median line ; elytra red between suture and sides ; 

 antennse and palpi of a dingy-red. Under-surface and legs 

 with long, straggling, brownish hairs. 



Head with irregularly-distributed punctures of moderate 

 size. Clypeus obtusely bilobed in front, sides rounded, 

 margins not at all upturned. Club large, about the length 

 of head between eyes. Prothorax rather convex, latero-apical 

 incurvature slight, basal sinus shallow, about one-fourth the 

 width of base ;, with fairly large, unevenly-dhtributed punc- 

 tures. Scutellum with rather sparse punctures, in two uneven 

 longitudinal series. Elytra short, posthumeral incurvature 

 moderate; sides and apex with very irregular punctures and 

 strigae intermixed, sutural interstice fairly wide at base, nar- 

 rowed and elevated posteriorly, each elytron with two con- 

 spicuously-elevated ridges, the first wider than the other, and 

 separated from it by two very irregular rows of punctures, 

 but joined with it posteriorly, between first and suture two 

 irregular rows of large punctures. Pygidium feebly concen- 

 trically strigose, with a distinct fovea on each side. Meso- 

 sterrial process obtuse, scarcely produced in front of coxae. 

 Abdomen shining, gently flattened along middle. Front tibice 

 strongly bidentate, with a stout apical spur ; middle pair bi- 

 dentate and bispinose at apex, about middle with a very 

 large tooth ; hind pair bidentate at apex, the outer tooth 

 truncate, about middle with an obliqe dentiform ridge, and 

 some smaller ones towards base, apex with two large unequal 

 spurs. Length, 11 J mm. 



Hab. — South Australia: Tarcoola. Type in C. French's 

 collection. 



Allied to ruficornis, but very differently coloured, clypeus 

 without upturned margins, and front tibiae acutely bidentate. 

 The black markings on the upper-surface are shaped much 

 like an anchor. The sides of the elytra are blackish about 

 the apex, but towards the base become dark-red, the space 

 between same and suture is of the same shade of red as most 

 of the prothorax. There is an irregular infuscate spot on 

 each side of prothorax, somewhat in advance of the middle. 



