260 Mr. G. C. Champion on the Heteromerous Coleoptera 
with a narrow smooth space down the middle, the hind angles 
rounded, the eyes large and prominent ; antennse short, slender, 
thickening a little outwardly, joints 9 and 10 about as broad as 
long. Prothorax transverse, cordate, convex, slightly wider than 
the head ; closely, moderately finely punctate, the punctures a 
little finer than on the head. Elytra broad, in the widest part 
nearly twice as wide as the prothorax, moderately long, a little 
rounded at the sides, truncate at the base, rather convex, closely 
and moderately finely punctate throughout. Legs rather short. 
Var. The elytra immaculate, the abdomen entirely testaceous. 
Length breadth l^-lj mm. 
Hah. W. Australia — Cossack. 
Numerous examples, the variety in about equal 
numbers with the type. This species is allied to the 
European A. himactilatus, but it has the elytra less 
rounded at the sides and the legs and antennae shorter. 
A. luridus and A. apicalis, King, from Port Denison, 
Queensland, and A. immacidatus , King, from S. Australia, 
belong to the same group, but the present insect cannot 
be satisfactorily identified with any of these species. I 
am unable to detect any external sexual peculiarities. 
The apical markings are sometimes obliterated in the 
typical form. At roots of '^bent grass on the beach, 
in company with OmoUpus ohlongus (Walker). 
Anthicits haudinensis, n. sp. 
Short, rather broad, convex, the head and elytra shining, 
the prothorax opaque ; testaceous, the head and prothorax 
f errugineo-testaceous, the elytra with a transverse median patch 
on the outer part of the disc, a submarginal' line extending 
from it to the suture, and a spot on the suture towards the 
apex, piceous or fuscous; the under surface, legs, and antennae 
testaceous, the abdomen more or less inf uscate ; the surface 
thickly clothed with fine sericeous pubescence. Head short, broad, 
strongly transverse, somewhat dilated at the sides behind, sparsely, 
moderately coarsely punctate, with a narrow smooth space down 
the middle, the eyes moderately large ; antennae short, slender, 
thickening a little outwardly, joint 10 transverse. Prothorax 
transverse, cordate, convex, a little wider than the head, densely, 
very finely punctate. Elytra short, convex, nearly twice as wide 
as the prothorax, rounded at the sides, truncate at the base, closely 
and very finely punctate. Legs rather short. Length 2|, 
breadth 1 mm. 
Hah. N, W. Australia — Baudin I. 
