Australian OurcuUonidce. 203 



Aphela algarum. 



A. ob-ovata, testacea^ vix nitida, supra setulis numerosis 

 albidis dispersis ; capite rostroque lineis perparum elevatis 

 subreticulatis instructis, hoc valid o, breviusculo ; clava 

 antennarum late ovata ; prothorace subtransverso, utrin- 

 que fortiter rotundato^ apice valde angustato, supra rude 

 et crebre punctate; elytris breviusculis, ovatis, grosse 

 punctato-striatis, punctis approximatis, interstitiis an- 

 gustis, convexis ; corpore infra pedibusque pallidis, setu- 

 losis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Hah. — New South Wales (Botany Bay); Victoria; 

 King George's Sound. 



This species has the club of the antennae different from 

 the other two species^ it being very nearly distinct from 

 the funicle, instead of being confounded with it. The 

 specimens from King George's Sound are smaller, and 

 much less strongly sculptured, and if no intermediate 

 forms occur, I should be inclined to give them a specific 

 name. Dr. Hewitt tells me that the species of this genus, 

 as well as Sphargeris physodes, and others related to 

 Phaleria, are taken under sea- weed, and also in dead fish 

 on the sea-shore, and are excellent burrowers in the sand ; 

 with regard to the King George's Sound specimens, Mr. 

 Masters writes that they are often found below high- 

 water mark. The posterior tibiae in Aphela have cavern- 

 ous corbels, not open, as I inadvertently stated, and 

 the genus therefore belongs to the Amalactince. It is in 

 fact, nearly allied to Emphiastes , Mannh., found originally 

 under similar circumstances, in Edgecombe Island, Rus- 

 sian {olim) America. 



BELIN^. 



Belus, Schonherr, Cure. Disp. p. 73. 



Belus vetustus. 



B.modice elongatus, niger, supra maculatim infra omni- 

 no cervino-hirsutus ; fronte capitis convexa ; rostro protho- 

 race paulo longiore, nigro, nudo, nitido ; antennis pubes- 

 centibus ; prothorace latitudine haud longiore, utrinque 

 rotundato, antice parum angustiore, in medio longitudi- 



