596 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA 



Belus puncticeps, n.sp. 



Of a rather dark reddish-brown, almost uniform throughout. 

 Eyes distinctly margined with whitish hair; prothorax with 

 distinct median and lateral lines of whitish hair; elytra with 

 small spots, often slightly elongate, along suture and towards 

 sides, near base and middle rather more numerous than elsewhere, 

 suture on apical fourth narrowly clothed. Under surface rather 

 densely clothed, abdomen on each side with a longitudinal, some- 

 what narrow and zigzag nude space, sides of metasternum with 

 one or two small nude spots. 



Head not granulate but densely punctate, punctures smaller 

 and denser at base than between eyes. Rostrum long, compara- 

 tively strongly curved, coarsely punctate on basal half (which is 

 slightly enlarged), sparsely and minutely elsewhere. Antennae 

 long, 1st joint no longer than 3rd and twice the length of 2nd, 

 6th-10 slightly widening, 10th feebly transverse, 11th the length 

 of two preceding joints combined. Prothorax rather strongly 

 granulate, sides moderately rounded, median line strongly 

 impressed. Elytra comparatively wide, wider than prothorax, 

 very feebly incurved behind base, apex strongly produced; less 

 coarsely punctured than usual; granulate at base and basal half 

 of suture; longitudinally impressed on each side of suture; 

 slightly rounded but not carinate at sides of impressions. 

 Sterna distinctly granulate. Legs long ; anterior femora each 

 with two small teeth, the four posterior minutely unidentate, 

 posterior extending to middle of 2nd abdominal segment. Length 

 13|, beyond abdomen \\, rosti'um 3 (vix); width 3 mm. 



Hah. — Swan River, W.A. 



Allied to hidentatus, Donovan, Ijut the elytra differently granu- 

 late and punctate, much narrower and the apex not so suddenly 

 produced ; the femora are dentate and the posterior pair are 

 .shorter; the colour and clothing are also different. The absence 

 of granules on the head, and especially between the eyes, is rare 

 in Belus. 



