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Head densely granulate-punctate. Rostrum lightly curved, 

 slightly longer than prothorax, behind antennae slightly wider 

 than in front of same; and with rather dense and coarse 

 punctures becoming much smaller to apex. Antennae not very 

 thin, third joint slightly shorter than first, the length of 

 fourth, and about one-third longer than second, eleventh 

 about twice the length of tenth. Prothorax about as long as 

 wide, sides gently rounded, median line interrupted in 

 middle; with numerous granules appearing through clothing. 

 Elytra thin, very little wider than prothorax, almost parallel- 

 sided to near apex, which is moderately produced, not elevated 

 behind scutellum ; with rather large close-set punctures, 

 becoming granulate towards base. Front femora lightly den- 

 tate, the others edentate, hind ones just passing apex of first 

 abdominal segment ; basal joint of tarsi somewhat shorter 

 than the two following combined. Length, 9^-10 mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Quorn (Blackburn's collection). 

 Type, I. 7877. 



With very sharply defined elytral spots, approaching 

 those of some specimens of dnguineus, but each of the four 

 basal segments of abdomen with five conspicuous nude spots; 

 the spots are much as on parallelus ( = serpens and 

 ahdominaUs), but it differs from that species in being slightly 

 wider, each elytron with a sharply defined discal row of spots, 

 and the sutural ones also much more conspicuous, the elytral 

 punctures are also somewhat different. The upper-surface 

 (except for the white markings) is sparsely clothed with 

 stramineous pubescence, on the pronotum the sides are irregu- 

 larly spotted, and there is a conspicuous interrupted median 

 line, on the elytra the suture is very narrowly whitish almost 

 throughout, and attached, or almost attached, to it are 

 numerous conspicuous spots, each elytron has an irregular 

 discal row of conspicuous spots, and a less conspicuous sub- 

 marginal row; on the under-surface there are some irregular 

 nude spots on the sterna, and a very conspicuous one on each 

 met a sternal episternum, on each of the four basal segments 

 of abdomen there are five nude spots : a subtriangular one on 

 each side of the base, one in middle of apex, and a circular 

 subapical one half-way between the middle and each side. The 

 femoral teeth are feeble but are traceable on the three 

 specimens in the Museum (two of which are from the old 

 collection, and without locality labels). 



Beltjs exilis, n. sp. 



Piceous-brown, some parts black; front of prothorax, 



elytra, rostrum, and most of legs somewhat reddish. 



