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Antennae raiher sloiil i. ( ienus Rhinotia, Kivby. 



Rostrum sliorter and stouter. 



Elytra not trisinuate at base 7. (jenus Agnesiotis, Pascoe. 



Elytra trisinnate at hase. 



Tibiae lightly curTcd .5. (ienus Cvko typhus, Pascoe. 



Tibiae straight, except at base. 



Elytra conjointly rounded or noiclied at apex 3. (jenus Pachyura, Hope. 



Elytra bispinose at apex 6. Cienus Agathinus, Broun. 



Elytra strongly produced at apex 4. Cienus Pebus, Lea. 



I. Genus RHINOTIA, Kirby 



Rhinotia, Kirb\', Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. \^ol. 12, p. 426 (18181; Lacordaire, Cien. Col. Vol. 6, 

 p. 525 (i863). 



Characters. — Rostrum long and thin, feebly curved, usualh' about the length of prothorax, 

 feebl}' inflated at insertion of antenna'. Scrobes shallow and rather suddenly oblique to the line of rostrum. 

 Antenns" rather stout, and rather strongly (for the subfamily) inflated from near base, some of the joints 

 compressed, inserted nearer base than apex. Prothorax strongly bisinuate, rather strongly constricted 

 near apex. Scutellum usualh- strongly transverse. Elytra narrow, each separately strongly rounded at 

 base, with a thin flap resting on each side of base of prothorax, base not suddenly wider than prothorax 

 and not suddenly raised above it, but suture occasionally raised behind scutellum, parallel-sided except 

 at base and apex, apex rounded, usually finely denticulate (i). Prosternum very narnnv in front of coxa?. 

 Femora dentate or not; tibitt straight except for basal curvature, denticulate below. 



Type. — Rhinotia haenioplera. Kirby. 



Geographical distribution of species. — Australia and Tasmania, 



1. R. corallina, Pascoe, J'ourn. Linn. Soc. I^ond. Vol. 11. p 45s (1872). N. W. Australia. 



2. R. cruenta, Pascoe. ibidem, -Vol. 10, p. 475 (1870). W. Australia. 



3. R. elytrura, Pascoe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. p. 138(1872). — Pl., Fig. 2. Queensland. 



spi?iipeitnis (ineà.), Lacordaire, Gen, Col. Vol. 6, p. 526, note i (iS63,i. 



4. R. haemoptera, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. l,ond. Vol. 12, p. 427, t. 22, Australia and Tasmania. 



f. 7, a-d{2). - Pl., Fig. \. 



Iiaemoplera, Gyllenhal, in Schoenherr, Gen. Cure. Vol i, p. 244 (i833i. 

 Kirtiyi, Boheman, in Schoenherr, ibidem, Vol. 5, p. 357 (18401. 



5. R. niarginella. Boheman, m Schoenherr, ibidem. Vol. 5, ]^. 356 (1840). N. S. Wales. 



6. R. pruinosa. Pascoe, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. p. 98 (1871). S. Australia. 



7. R. vemista, Pascoe, ibidem, p. i3g (1872). Queensland. 



2. Genus BELUS, Schoenherr 



Belus. Schoenherr, Cure. Disp. Meth. p. 73 (1826): Lacordaire, (ien. Col. \'ol. 6, p. 524 (i863); 

 Jekel, Ins. Saund. \'ol. 2, p. 227 (i860). 



Characters. — Rostrum long, thin and moderately curved, sometimes almost straight, usually 



In efytrtira mucronate. 



(2) Take in Boisduval, Voyage <le l'Astrolabe. \'ol. 2, p. ,'101 (18,121; (iuérin, loon. Règne .\nini. 4, t. 3o, f. 5. 



