BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 
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towards apex, reaching intermediate coxse, 1st joint about once 
and a half as long as 2nd, 2nd-3rd equal. Prothorax fully 
as wide as head, longer than wide, rounded in front, constricted 
towards base; base smooth. Elytra about once and a quarter 
as long as head and prothorax combined, more than twice 
as long as wide, base truncate, shoulders feebly rounded, sides 
gradually widening to beyond the middle; feebly depressed on 
each side of suture towards apex. Legs not very long; femora 
thickened, posterior arcuate; tibise straight. Length 2i, width 
| mm. 
ffab.— Bridge Town, W.A. 
A second specimen from Bridge Town is a little smaller and 
paler, and has the elytral marking confined to an indistinct 
fasciate blotch across the middle. The species is similar in shape 
and colour to A. exiguus, differing in being larger, more feebly 
punctured, prothorax a little different, &c. Both my specimens 
were taken (in company with many other small beetles) under a 
stone, where they had retreated for protection against a fire. 
Anthicus ovipennis, n.sp. 
Slightly convex, shining. Testaceous-red; elytra testaceous, 
and with a thin obscure piceous fascia across the middle, the apex 
faintly tinged with piceous; legs and abdomen pale testaceous, 
basal segment of the latter tinged with piceous. Elytra moder- 
ately clothed with short pale pubescence, denser and shorter on 
head and prothorax, rest of body almost glabrous. Head and 
prothorax shallowly punctate; the elytra densely and rather 
strongly, sides and sutures of sterna and basal abdominal segment 
minutely but (under microscope) distinctly punctate. 
Head moderately large, subquadrate, eyes very small and 
prominent, placed a little in front of the middle; antennae thin, 
very slightly thickening to apex, scarcely reaching intermediate 
coxa?, 1st joint thick, not much longer than 2nd, 2nd a little 
longer than 3rd, 11th almost as long as 9th-10th combined. 
Prothorax fully as wide as head, longer than wide, rounded in 
front, constricted towards base; base with traces of tubercles. 
