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//«6.— New South Wales: Sydney (A. M. Lea). 



The only specimen before me is evidently in perfect con- 

 dition. On the elytra the snowy scales clothe the suture and 

 parts of the sides, and form three oblique stripes on each, 

 with each stripe ending in a fascicle; one commences near 

 the shoulder and terminates before the middle, one commences 

 a short distance behind the first and terminates beyond the 

 middle, and the third terminates on the preapical callus. Of the 

 fascicles (which are of such a nature that they may be easily 

 abraded) there are three on the third interstice and three 

 on the fifth, with several feeble ones elsewhere. 



In some respects close to description of hyperoides 

 (described as from Queensland), but smaller (two instead of 

 two and a half lines), and with conspicuous elytral fascicles. 



SUBFAMILY BELIDES. 

 Belus cristatus, n. sp. 



Piceous-brown, antennae and claws somewhat paler. 

 Clothed with white pubescence, margining eyes, forming 

 three feeble lines on prothorax, forming numerous small spots 

 in the subsutural depression (especially towards the base) and 

 three feeble rows of small spots elsewhere on each elytron, 

 and rather dense on under surface. 



Read with dense clearly defined punctures, becoming 

 rather coarse between eyes. Rostrum slightly shorter than 

 head and prothorax combined, feebly inflated at insertion 

 of antennae, the sides very feebly incurved between these and 

 apex; behind antennae with rather coarse but partially con- 

 cealed punctures, between antennae with fairly large punc- 

 tures but becoming very small to apex. Antennae thin, first 

 and third joints subequal, eleventh shorter than ninth and 

 tenth combined. Frofhorar strongly inflated towards base, 

 wdth a wide but slightly interrupted median channel, the sides 

 of which are rather more strongly elevated thau usual ; with 

 dense but irregular granules and punctures. Scutellum mode- 

 rately transverse. Elytra shallowly depressed on each side 

 of suture, each depression bounded by a distant carina, which 

 gradually runs out towards the base, but is rather suddenly 

 terminated towards the apex, a feeble carina outside the 

 first one and about half its length, each separately strongly 

 rounded and granulate at base ; apex acutely produced and 

 passing abdomen for a gi-eatet length than its apical seg- 

 ment; with dense and rather coarse punctures, and with 

 rather numerous granules at base. Metasternum with a few 

 small granules. Femora edentate, posterior passing middle 

 of second abdominal segment; front tibiae moderately, the 

 others feebly denticulate below. Length, 12 mm. 



