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base, and forming rows of spots on the elytra and dense but 

 almost white on sides of under surface; abdomen in addition 

 with a patch of pubescence in middle of basal segment and a 

 feeble spot on each side of middle of the three following seg- 

 ments. 



Head with dense but partially concealed punctures. Ros- 

 trum thin, the length of prothorax ; with fairly coarse punc- 

 tures close to base, becoming much smaller to apex. Antennae 

 (for the genus) not very thin, first joint almost the length 

 of second and third combined, eleventh slightly longer than 

 ninth and tenth combined. Prothorax moderately inflated 

 towards base, median channel rather feeble, densely granulate- 

 punctate throughout. Scutellum very narrow and transverse. 

 Elytra flattened but scarcely depressed along suture, not sud- 

 denly raised behind scutellum; each separately strongly 

 rounded at base, apex denticulate, feebly produced and pass- 

 ing abdomen for a short distance only; densely punctate- 

 granulate throughout. Metxisternum with a few feeble 

 granules. Each side of each segment of ahdomen at its base 

 with a small, opaque, densely punctate space. Femora eden- 

 tate, front pair very stout, hind pair not passing apex of 

 basal abdominal segment; front tibiae strongly, the others 

 feebly denticulate below. Length, 12 mm. 



Ilab. — Queensland: Cape York (H. Elgner). 



The elytral spots of pubescence are small and feebly 

 defined, but are rather numerous close to the suture; on the 

 disc of each there is a very feeble row of small spots, and 

 the sides are almost glabrous. There is a conspicuous nude 

 spot on each side piece of the metasternum. Each abdominal 

 segment in addition' to the lateral spots has two small spots, 

 except the basal segment, which has a large subtriangular 

 median spot. The denticulations at the apex of elytra are 

 partially concealed by short blackish pubescence. The elytra 

 at apex are shaped much as in hrunneus, but the two species 

 have little else in common. 



Tw-o specimens from. North-Western Australia are rather 

 smaller (10-10| mm.) than the type, and have the abdomen 

 Avith sparse pubescence in addition to the white spots; on 

 one of these the peculiarly punctate spaces at the bases of the 

 segments are exactly as on the type; but on the other these 

 spaces are almost or quite concealed by the clothing. 



Belus granicollis, n. sp. 



Black; apical half of rostrum, tibiae and part of antennae 



more or less obscurely diluted with red; claws of a rather 



bright red. Clothed with pure white pubescence, margining 



eyes, forming a median line, and two very feeble lateral ones, 



