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passing abdomen for slightly more than the length of its apical 

 segment; with very dense punctures in very close rows, but these 

 in places somewhat irregular and the punctures themselves some- 

 times subgranulate. Femora edentate, front pair very stout, pos- 

 terior just passing apex of basal abdominal segment; tibiae denti- 

 culate below, the front pair strongly, the middle moderately and 

 the hind pair very shghtly so. Length 9-10 mill. 



Hah. : N. S. Wales : Warialda (W.-W. Froggatt); Queensland : 

 Endeavour River (C. French), Port Denison (Macleay Museum), 

 Brisbane (F.-Mc. Gregor). 



The suture of the types is very feebly clothed, the clothing not 

 being in spots but thinly placed, on the rest of the elytra white 

 pubescence is scattered singly and very sparsely, and the tips are 

 clothed with blackisli pubescence. On some other specimens there 

 are feeble but distinct spots along the suture, and a very feeble row 

 of spots midway between the suture and each side. On three of 

 these the nude spots on the metasternum are absent, but I can find 

 no other character to warrant their separation. 



The elytra are produced at the apex much as in sparsus, but the 

 rostrum is shorter and stouter, and the femora are edentate in 

 both sexes. 



309. BELUS RUFICORNIS n. sp. 



Blackish-brown, with a slight purplish gloss; suture usually 

 somewhat paler; antennae, tibiae and tarsi of a rather bright red. 

 Head about eyes, and three feeble lines onprothorax, with somewhat 

 whitish pubescence; elytra with ochreous pubescence in spots. 

 Under surface with more or less ochreous pubescence. 



Head with dense clearly defined punctures of variable size, larger 

 (but not' very large) between eyes than elsewhere; feebly transver- 

 sely impressed behind eyes. Rostrum in female the length of head 

 and prothorax combined, in male somewhat shorter; apex with 

 dense and fine punctures, becoming sparser and larger towards 

 base, and on basal half much coarser in male than in female. 

 Antennae thin (thinner in female than in male), first joint just 

 perceptibly longer than third in male, more noticeably so in female, 

 eleventh slightly longer than ninth and tenth combined. Prothorax 

 strongly inflated towards base, with a rather wide median channel ; 

 with rather large but irregularly distributed punctures, and with 

 small granules in places. Scutelium strongly transverse. Elytra 

 depressed on each side of suture, the depression bounded by a ca- 

 rina, not suddenly raised behind scutelium, each separately stronlly 

 rounded at base, apex acutely produced and passing abdomen 



