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the base, and the suture in front of this, pale yellow ; the antenna 
testaceous, joints 7-10 or 8-10 sometimes infuscate ; the legs 
obscure testaceous, the tarsi paler ; the entire upper surface very 
sparsely minutely punctate, the prothorax with a few coarser 
punctures on the basal part, and clothed with some fine scattered 
hairs, which are easily abraded. Head convex, subtriangular, 
about as broad as long, rather large, slightly dilated at the sides 
behind, the hind angles obtuse, the eyes moderately prominent, the 
post-ocular space about equalling them in length, the base feebly 
rounded ; antennae moderately long, rather slender. Prothorax 
about as long as broad, as wide as the base of the head, strongly 
and abruptly constricted behind the middle, the anterior portion 
transversely convex, the sides very obliquely converging from about 
the anterior third and becoming parallel at the base, the pleurse 
deeply grooved, the base bituberculate. Elytra moderately long, 
widening to about the middle, feebly transversely depressed a 
little below the base. Legs slender, the femora clavate. 
$ . Hind tibiae dilated on the inner side at the middle, the inner 
edge thus appearing bisinuate. 
Length 2-2^, breadth f mm. ((J ? ). 
Eab, N. W. Australia — Troughton Baudin I. 
Numerous examples. This species resembles the 
insect here referred to A. unifasciatus, King, but differs 
from it in the very much finer and sparser punctuation 
of the upper surface, the more triangular head, and the 
more dilated anterior portion of the thorax ; the elytra 
have the suture pale at the base (so that the narrow dark 
basal portion is divided into two transverse patches), 
and are transversely depressed in the part occupied by 
the flavous fascia. In some specimens the transverse 
patches at the base of the elytra are fuscous. A very 
distinct species. Found in sandy spots near the beach 
(Walker). 
Anthicus strictus. 
Anthicus strictus, Er., in Wiegm. Archiv, 1842, 1, 
p. 182. 
Anthicus hemhidioides, Laf., Monogr. Anthic, p. 131. 
Hah. W. Australia — Albany ; Tasmania. 
One specimen from each locality, the Tasmanian 
example without head. Erichson^s type was from 
Tasmania, Laferte^s from Adelaide. Mr. Walker's 
examples agree with the descriptions, except that 
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