collected in Australia and Tasmania. 259 
Anthicus known to me, it being shaped very much as in 
the genus Anthicodes, Woll., from St. Helena. Under 
stones in very dry places (Walker). 
Anthicus tasmanicusy n. sp. 
Moderately elongate, convex, rather broad, shining; pitchy- 
black, the elytra with a large oblique fulvo-testaceous humeral 
patch ; the antenna black, the four basal joints testaceous ; the 
legs black, the knees, the extreme apex of the tibias, and the tarsi 
testaceous ; the upper surface rather sparsely clothed with long, 
decumbent, yellowish-cinereous hairs. Head short and broad, sub- 
triangular, moderately convex, rounded at the sides behind, smooth, 
except for a few scattered coarse punctures on either side near the 
eyes ; the latter large, the head very narrowly extended behind 
them ; the antennae short, not half the length of the body, slender, 
thickening a little outwardly, joints 9 and 10 about as broad as 
long Prothorax transversely cordate, slightly wider than the 
head, distinctly broader than long, transversely convex in front ; 
the sides rapidly and obliquely converging behind, slightly dilated 
at the base, and obliquely grooved posteriorly ; the surface with 
a few fine scattered punctures. 'Elytra moderately long, oval, 
convex, much wider than the prothorax, subtruncate at the base, 
sparsely, finely punctate, the suture slightly depressed at the base. 
Legs moderately long. 
i$ . Posterior tibiae sinuous within. 
Length 3, breadth 1^ mm.( $). 
Hah. Tasmania — Hobart. 
One male example. This species belongs to Laferte's 
second division of the genus. It is allied to the European 
A. himaculatus, Hlig., but is very differently coloured, 
and has a much shorter head and thorax and larger eyes. 
Three Australian species of this group have been 
described by King. 
Anthicus discoideus, sp. n. 
Moderately elongate, rather broad, slightly shining ; testaceous, 
the head and prothorax ferrugineo-testaceous, the elytra with a large, 
transverse or subquadrate patch on the outer part of the disc about 
the middle, and sometimes a submarginal line extending from it to 
the suture, or a spot on the suture towards the apex, piceous or 
fuscous ; the under surface, legs, and antennas testaceous, the 
abdomen infuscate ; the surface thickly clothed with rather long, 
fine, decumbent, sericeous pubescence. Head short, broad, sub- 
triangular, moderately convex, thickly, rather coarsely punctate. 
