458 ME. F. p. PASOOE ON THE OUKCULIONIDJE. 



squamosis ; femoribus infra dente spiniformi instructis ; tarsis fuscis. 



Long. 6-5g lin. 

 Hab. South Australia. 



Allied to B. vetustus, but shorter, the rostrum considerably 

 longer, the femora with a spiniform tooth beneath. 



Belus farinarius. B. elongatus, subcylindricus, rufo-piceus, supra 

 granulatus, interrupte albido-pilosus ; rostro jjrotborace vix longiore ; 

 antennis sat dense pilosis ; prothorace latitudine vix longiore, postice 

 utrinque anapliato-rotundato, in medio profunde longitudinaliter sul- 

 cato; elytris prothorace vix latioribus, parallelis, apice rotundatis; 

 corpore infra pedibusque dense albido-pilosis, abdomine utrinque ma- 

 culis quatuor nudis notato. Long. 5 lin. 

 Ilab. West Australia. 



Also allied to Ji. vetustus, but much shorter, the prothorax 

 more rounded behind, the elytra less or not at all prolonged at 

 the apex, &c. 



Belus aciculakis. B. elongatus, angustus, subcylindricus, rufo- 

 lateritius, supra fere esquamosus ; capite nigro, orbitis niveo-pilosis ; 

 rostro prothorace paulo longiore, nitido ; antennis subferrugineis ; 

 prothorace utrinque paulo rotundato, confertim subtiliter granulate, 

 lateribus sparse albo-pilosis ; scutello dense albo-piloso ; elytris basi 

 prothorace paulo latioribus, pone humeros angustioribus, tunc fere 

 parallelis, ante apicera gradatim angustatis, apicibus rotundatis, hand 

 productis, oninino creberrime granulato-punctatis, sutura sola mere 

 granulata ; corpore infra mediocriter, pedibus rarissime niveo-pilosis. 

 Long. 4-5 lin. 



Hab. "West Australia (Albany). 



At first sight like £. linearis, but, inter alia, not so narrow, and 

 the elytra not drawn out at the apex. 



Belus parallelus. (PI. XII. fig. 10.) B. angustissimus, paral- 

 lelus, subnitide niger, pilis niveis, plurimis maculatim confertis, raro 

 adspersns j rostro prothorace parum breviore ; capite valde transverse ; 

 antennis breviusculis, nigris; prothorace oblongo, crebrc subtiliter 

 granulato ; elytris prothorace fere quintuplo longioribus ct paulo an- 

 gustioribus, confertim rugoso-punctatis, apice rotundatis, hand pro- 

 ductis J corpore infra dense albo-piloso ; abdomine segmentis quatuor 

 basalibus maculis tribus denudutis marginc posteriore notatis. Long. 

 4 lin. 



Hab. Western Australia (Champion Bay). 



A remarkably slender species with a perfectly parallel outliue. 

 The figure very inadequately represents its extreme narrowness. 



Rhinotia corallina. R. lineari-elongata, rubro-coccinea, pilis 



