BY ARTHUU M. LEA. 597 



Belus vertebralis, n.sp. 



^. Head, rostrum and antennae piceous-black, prothorax 

 piceous-brown, elytra dark brown, legs red, tarsi darker. Head 

 with sparse yellowish hair, prothorax with a distinct median line 

 continued on scutellum and elytral suture to apex. Under surface 

 with a dense pale yellow stripe on each side, abdomen towai'ds 

 each side with a longitudinal zigzag nude space. 



Head densely granulate, granules larger between eyes than 

 elsewhere. Rostrum long, slightly curved; punctate throughout,, 

 punctures denser and coarser at base. Antennae moderately long, 

 widening to apex, 1st joint considerably longer than 3rd and 

 more than twice the length of 2nd, 6th-10th transverse, 11th 

 slightly longer than two preceding joints combined. Pruthorax 

 longer than wide, sides feebly rounded, apex scarcely narrower 

 than base ; rather strongly granulate ; median line distinctly 

 impressed. Elytra narrow, slightly wider than prothorax, feebly 

 incurved behind shoulders, apex moderatel}" produced; very 

 densely and coarsely punctate; towards base subgranulate 

 Sterna granulate. Anterior femora edentate, posterior not 

 extending to apex of 1st abdominal segment. Length 11 1, 

 beyond abdomen 1 (vix), rostrum 2; width 2 mm. 



Hah. — Pinjarrah, W.A. 



Remarkably close to suturalis, Boisduval, but the edentate 

 femora will at once serve to distinguish it from that species; it is 

 also considerably narrower, and with the sutural clothing, when 

 viewed under a lens, appearing somewhat serrately disposed and 

 not so beautifully regular. 



Belus tenuis, n.sp. 



Head and prothorax piceous, elytra dark reddish-brown, apical 

 half of I'ostrum of a rather pale red, antennse brown becoming 

 paler towards apex, legs red. Eyes distinctly margined in front 

 with almost white hair, prothorax with yellowish hair forming a 

 distinct median line and continued on to scutellum and along 

 suture to apex of elytra, elytra elsewhere nude. Each side of 



