266 Mr. G. C. Champion on the Heteromerous Coleoptera 
they liave tlie posterior elytral spot nearly as large as 
the humeral one, both authors giving it as minate/^ 
The insect referred to A. striQtus by King perhaps 
belongs to another species. 
Anthicus segregatusj n. sp. 
Moderately elongate, rather convex, shining ; testaceous, the 
head and prothorax usually f errugineo-testaceous ; the elytra with 
two transverse fasciae, not quite reaching the suture and sometimes 
connected at the sides — one at the middle, the other near the apex, 
the latter sometimes obsolete, — piceous or fuscous ; the antennae, 
legs, and under surface testaceous, the abdomen sometimes slightly 
inf uscate ; the surface sparsely clothed with short, fine, sericeous 
hairs. Head broadly oval, large, convex, rather sparsely, very 
minutely punctate, with a smooth narrow line down the middle, 
the eyes small and somewhat prominent ; antennae slender, 
moderately long, joints 9 and 10 as broad as long. Prothorax a 
little longer than broad, scarcely so wide as the head ; the sides 
strongly constricted behind the middle and subparallel at the base ; 
transversely convex in front, flattened on the disc behind ; thickly, 
finely punctate, the punctures becoming still finer towards the 
apex, and sometimes with a faint transverse depression in the 
middle at the base ; the pleural grooves deep. Elytra moderately 
long, twice as wide as the prothorax, distinctly rounded at the sides, 
truncate at the base, convex ; thickly, finely punctate, the punc- 
tures similar to those on the base of the prothorax. Legs elongate. 
Length 2i-2|, breadth f-| mm. 
Hah. W. Australia — East Wallaby I., in the Hout- 
mann's Abrolhos Group. 
Numerous examples. This species is not very closely 
allied to any other enumerated here. It is not described 
by King. The ante-apical fascia on the elytra is some- 
times obsolete, or reduced to a faint spot on each elytron, 
sometimes connected with the median fascia at the sides. 
The punctures on the head are only visible under a strong 
lens. The thorax has the appearance of being obsoletely 
bituberculate at the base, but this is due to the faint 
transverse median depression, which, however, is not 
always present. The system of coloration is common 
to several of the species here described. At roots of 
herbage on the sandy beach (Walker). 
