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forme. Elytra prothorace baud latiora, basi reflexo-marginata, 

 postice gradatiin augustiora, apicibus eaudata. Pedes temiati ; 

 femora elongata, sublinearia, infra deute parvo instructa ; tibice 

 subrectae, apice iDtus mucronatae ; tarsi breviusculi, dilatati, 

 articulo ultimo elongato ; ungiiicidi liberi, divaricati. Coxee 

 anticae sejunctae. Pectus modice elongatum. Abdomen seg- 

 mentis duobus basal ibus ampliatis. 



An isolated genus, but having a marked resemblance to Ecti- 

 nura (ante, xi. Zool. p. 170), but in regard to the direction of the 

 scrobes not to be referred to Hylobiinae. It may be placed provi- 

 sionally near Aoplocnemis, with which, however, I do not think it 

 has much affinity. A few specimens were obtained by Mr. Buckley 

 in his last expedition. 



Peliobia geniculate. (PI. XIII. fig. 3.) P. oblongo-angusta, nigra, 

 squamosa, abdoraine coxisque nitidis ; capite inter oculos rude pun- 

 ctato ; rostro piceo, prothorace sesquilongiore, basi et inter oculos 

 fortiter carinato ; antennis piceis, vage setosis ; clava tomentosa ; 

 prothorace coriaceo, sparse nitide subgranulato, apice pallidiore, leviter 

 emarginato ; elytris basi depressis vel paulo excavatis, subtiliter seri- 

 atim punctatis, apicibus in processu conico valido terminatis ; femo- 

 ribus apice nitide rubris; tibiis intermediis et posticis apice extus se- 

 toso-marginatis. Long. 5 lin. 



Hab. Ecuador (Macas). 



Belus anguineus. B, elongatus, subcylindricus, niger ; rostro piceo; 

 orbitis, linea in capite prothoraceque, et supra concinne maculatim 

 niveo-squamosis ; antennis nigris ; prothorace longiore quam latiore, 

 fortiter granulato j elytris ad'apicem gradatim attenuatis, et paulo pro- 

 ductis, <$ pone humeros angustioribus, ad latera parum incur vatis, $ 

 latioribus, lateribus parallelism apicem versus minus elongatis ; corpore 

 infra dense niveo-piloso, maculis atris nudis notato. Long. 8-9 lin. 

 (rostr. incl.)- 



Hab. West Australia (Nicol Bay). 



Very like P. irroratus, Jek., but much narrower, especially 

 the male, and the elytra slightly incurved at the sides. 



Belus aphthosus. B. elongatus, subc3lindricus, rufo-piceus, capite 

 nigro, supra maculatim, subtus sat dense albido-piiosus ; rostro pro- 

 thorace sesquilongiore ; antennis leviter pubescentibus ; prothorace 

 latitudine vix longiore, utrinque rotundato, confertim granulato, in 

 medio subtiliter sulcato ; elytris prothorace paulo latioribus, confertim 

 rude punctatis, basi squamis magis condensatis, cseteris conspicue ma- 

 culatis ; lateribus perparum incurvatis, versus apicem cito angustatis, 

 apicibus haud productis; corpore infra femoribusque sat dense albido- 



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