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NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
denser at base and shallowest at apex of elytra; undersurface 
minutely punctate. 
Head longer than the width at base, and — excluding the eyes 
— triangular in shape; eyes large, prominent, coarsely faceted, 
placed midway between antennae and base; antennae reaching 
beyond base of elytra, 1st joint slightly longer than 2nd-3rd com- 
bined, 2nd-10th equal in thickness, 2nd not much shorter than 
3rd, 4th-10th gradually decreasing, 11th slightly narrower than 
10th, and nearly as long as 9th-10th combined. Pro thorax sub- 
cordate, feebly transverse, as broad as, and slightly longer than 
head, widest in front, constricted behind, base margined. Scutel- 
lum triangular, distinct. Elytra about one and a half times as 
long as head and prothorax combined, shoulders feebly rounded, 
the base near them feebly impressed, sides feebly widening to 
about the middle, apex broadly rounded. Legs rather short; 
femora moderately thickened; posterior tibiae feebly bent, spurred 
at apex; tarsi shorter than tibiae. Length 2 J, width j mm. 
Hah — North- West Australia (Macleay Museum). 
May be distinguished from A. brevicollis by its natter form, 
larger head, sparser pubescence, &c; A. Wollastoni is a species 
with somewhat similarly marked elytra, but otherwise very 
different. I have recently taken two specimens at Perth which 
differ from the types in being darker, in having a complete median 
fascia, the dark marking at apex of elytra larger, the scutellar 
marking darker and continued on to shoulders; the pubescence 
also is denser; as, however, they belong to a group the members 
of which are very variable I have not thought it advisable to 
describe them as distinct. 
Anthicus lemodioides, n.sp. 
Elongate, subdepressed, shining. Head and prothorax chocolate- 
brown; elytra reddish-testaceous, a moderately broad piceous fascia, 
interrupted at suture, across the middle; lower surface paler 
than prothorax; legs paler than elytra. Above not densely 
clothed with short pubescence, with longer hairs at the sides; 
undersurface with minute pubescence. Head and prothorax 
