600 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA 



at apex and a small round spot just before it; under surface 

 sparsely clothed, rather more feebly on middle of abdomen than 

 elsewhere, no distinct nude spaces. 



Head densely granulate. Rostrum densely punctate at base, 

 beyond antenna? thinner and scarcely visibly punctate, highly 

 polished and feebly curved. Antenna? long and slender, all the 

 joints except 2nd much longer than wide, 1st the length of 3rd, 

 '2nd about half its length, 3rd-10th subequal, 3rd-6th very thin, 

 11th about once and one-half the length of 10th. Prothorax 

 slightly longer than wide, apex subtubular, basal three-fourths 

 rounded ; granules as on head ; median line scarcely visible. 

 Elytra very narrow, slightly decreasing beyond shoulders, each 

 feebly separately x'ounded and not or scarcely produced at apex, 

 not depressed along suture which is feebly raised near apex; 

 densely and strongly punctate, scarcely granulate. Femora 

 edentate, posterior not extending to apex of 1st abdominal 

 segment. Length 64, beyond abdomen i, rostrum 1; width 1 mm. 



Hab. — Sydney. 



The smallest and narrowest species I am acquainted with. It 

 is certainly not linearis, Pascoe, which is said to have " capite 

 rostroque nigris . . . antennis . . . clava distincta 5-articulata 

 . . . femoribus anticis bidentatis." 



Belus edentulus, n.sp. 



Head and prothorax piceous-black, elytra piceous-brown, apical 

 half of rostrum and legs dark red, antenna? infuscate. Sides of 

 eyes and a median prothoracic line with whitish hair, elytra 

 almost impubescent, suture towards apex with scarcely visible 

 hairs. Under surface with a white stripe on each side continuous 

 from head to apex of abdomen; middle of metasternum and basal 

 segment with dense whitish pubescence, white hairs sparsely 

 clothing rest of under surface. 



Head densely granulate; eyes in ^ unusually large. Rostrum 

 slightly longer than pi'othorax, curved, basal half in ^ densely 

 and coarsely, in ^ sparsely punctate; apical half impunctate and 

 highly polished. Antennte long, in ^ inserted almost in exact 



