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Hah. — South Australia : Port Lincoln (Macleay Museum). 

 The type is probably a male; on its metasternum there 

 are two nude spots on each side piece and numerous smaller 

 and irregular nude spots (mostly caused by granules) else- 

 where. The abdomen is densely clothed at the sides, and with 

 a nude spot on each side of each segment, but these nude 

 spots open into the nude median portion, instead of being 

 isolated. 



From hison (which at a glance it strongly resembles) it is 

 distinguished by the elytral caringe, and these being two on 

 each elytron (instead of three) distinguish it from the descrip- 

 tion of 'perplexus. From semipunctatus (which also in shape 

 it strongly resembles) it is distinguished by its edentate 

 femora. 



Belus varipilis, n. sp. 

 Black; part of antennae and the claws obscurely diluted 

 with red. Clothed with stramineous (on the elytra becoming 

 ochreous) pubescence at the sides of the eyes, forming three 

 lines on prothorax (the median line interrupted in middle), 

 dense on scutellum, and forming numerous more or less feeble 

 spots in feeble rows on elytra. Under surface with a dense 

 line on each side from the eye to apex of abdomen, but with 

 two nude spots on side piece of metasternum. 



Head with dense and irregular punctures, becoming 

 coarse between eyes. Rostrum thin; in female the length of 

 head and prothorax combined, in male somewhat shorter; 

 with fine punctures almost throughout in female, but be- 

 coming rather dense and coarse behind antennae in male. 

 Antennae (for the genus) not very thin, first joint as long as 

 second and third combined, eleventh stout and about the length 

 of ninth and tenth combined. Prothorax strongly inflated to- 

 wards base, with a wide but interrupted median channel; 

 with dense clearly defined and mostly rather large punctures. 

 Scutellam moderately transverse. Elytra depressed on each 

 side of suture, the depression bounded on each side by a 

 strong carina, outside of this on each elytron a shorter and 

 finer carina, then a feeble depression and then a feebly raised 

 line or very feeble carina ; base strongly separately rounded ; 

 apex acutely produced and passing abdomen fully the length 

 of its apical segment; with dense and fairly large punctures. 

 Femora edentate, front pair stout, especially in female, 

 hind pair not extending to middle of second abdominal seg- 

 ment; front tibiae strongly, the others feebly denticulate 

 below. Length, 13-15 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland : Somerset (C. French), Endeavour 

 River (Macleay Museum). 



