254 Mr. G. C. Champion on the Heteromerous Coleoptera 
brownish-testaceous, the apical four ventral segments piceous ; the 
entire upper surface exceedingly sparsely, minutely punctate, each 
puncture bearing a very fine, long, erect hair. Head convex, sub- 
orbicular, moderately large, rounded at the sides behind the eyes, 
the latter rather large but not prominent ; antennas scarcely half 
the length of the body, rather slender. Prothorax very little 
longer than broad, narrower than the head, the sides strongly and 
abruptly constricted behind and slightly dilated at the extreme 
base, the pleurae deeply grooved, the anterior portion globose. 
Elytra short, convex, oval, widest a little beyond the middle and 
there twice as wide as the prothorax, sub truncate in front, wdth a 
deep transverse depression a little below the base (in which the 
yellowish fascia is placed) ; the basal portion, except along the 
suture, transversely swollen. Legs short and stout. 
^ . Anterior tibiae slightly sinuous within ; posterior tibiae con- 
siderably thickened, a little rounded externally and sinuous 
within ; basal joint of the hind tarsi thickened and slightly curved. 
Length 2, breadth f mm. ( ^ ). 
Hah. N. W. Australia — Adelaide Eiver. 
One male example, sent to the British Museum. This 
insect approaches A. dromedariuSj Laf., A. hituherculatuSy 
Champ., and some allied Tropical American forms ; it has, 
however, much shorter legs, a shorter thorax, a more 
spherical head, etc. A. adelaidse belongs to Group II. of 
Laferte^s first division of the genus. 
Anthicus unifasciatus. 
Anthicus unifasciatus, King, Trans. Ent. Soc. 
N. S. W., ii., p. 13. 
Hah. W. Australia — Fremantle. 
One specimen, perhaps, belonging to this species, the 
type of which was found at Gawler, S. Australia. It has 
the thorax longitudinally sulcate along the middle of the 
constricted portion, a cliaracter not mentioned by King ; 
the colour of the elytra is pitchy-black, the rather broad 
post-basal fascia being yellow. The description is too 
brief to identify the insect with any certainty. 
Anthicus unicinctuSj n. sp. (Plate VI., fig. 13, $ .) 
Moderately elongate, very shining ; the head and prothorax 
varying in colour from pitchy-black to castaneous ; the elytra 
pitchy-black, with a rather broad transverse fascia a little below 
