512 Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1910.. 



golden on the prothorax , and mottled with white on the elytra 

 (on quite fresh specimens the white may form feeble fasciae). 

 On the under surface and legs the clothing is of an uniform 

 greyish white. But there is a very conspicuous patch of dense, 

 silvery white clothing on each flank of the prothorax , with an 

 extension on to the meso- and metasternum. 



221. Leb US blandus Faust, diurus Lea. 

 Referred by Faust to Agnesiotis, with which it has no con- 

 nection. At the time of my descr'iption of diurus I had not 

 Seen Faust's description , and supposed that it was correctly 

 referred to Agnesiotis. There are two specimens without locality 

 in the Society's collection , but the species appears to be con- 

 fined to Victoria. 



222. Belus acanthopterus n. sp. 



Piceous-brown with a slight purplish or purplish-green gloss ; 

 tip of rostrum , antennae and legs (part of femora excepted) 

 reddish. Eyes rather feebly margined on upper surface , and 

 densely on lower , with yellowish pubescence ; prothorax rather 

 feebly clothed . except for a conspicuous stripe on each side ; 

 elytra with a row of very feeble spots on each side of suture, 

 the tips with blackish pubescence ; each flank of mesosternum 

 with a conspicuous yellowish stripe, but with a glabrous spot in 

 front ; two basal segments of abdomen conspicuously striped at 

 sides with yellow , the others with paler and sparser clothing. 

 Rest of under surface and legs with sparse , whitish pubescence. 



Head with dense punctures , coarser on a convex space 

 between eyes than elsewhere. Rostrum thin, lightly curved , the 

 length of front femora ; with coarse punctures on basal half, 

 becoming much smaller towards apex. Antennae thin, third Joint 

 slightly but distinctly longer than fourth , eleventh about as 

 long as ninth and tenth combined. Prothorax moderately trans- 

 verse, median impression deep and not interrupted ; densely granu- 

 late-punctate. Elytra narrow , decreasing in width almost from 

 extreme base to apex , apices very acute and passing abdomen 

 almost the length of two apical segments , near base slightly 

 raised , but not suddenly elevated behind scutellum , depressed 

 on each side of suture ; non-carinated ; with very dense, clearly 

 defined , and fairly large punctures. Front femora long , fairly 

 stout, with two small subapical teeth placed transversely, middle 

 and bind femora each with a small subapical tooth , bind pair 

 extending to middle of second abdominal segment ; front tibiae 

 with numerous small teeth on lower surface. Length 9^/4 — 11 mm. 



Hab. — N. S. Wales (Entomological Society). 



