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ME. F. P. PASCOE ON THE CTTRCUXIOimXE. 



squamosis ; femoribus infra dente spiniformi instructis ; tarsis fuscis. 

 Long. 5-5£ 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 prothorace vix longiore ; 

 antennis sat dense pilosis ; prothorace latitudine vix longiore, postice 

 utrinque ampliato-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. 



Hab. West Australia. 



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

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

 the apex, &c. 



Belus acicularis. 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 granulato, 

 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, haud 

 productis, omnino 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 B. 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- 

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

 adspersus ; rostro prothorace parum breviore ; capite valde transverso ; 

 antennis breviusculis, nigris ; prothorace oblongo, crebre subtiliter 

 granulato ; elytris prothorace fere quintuplo longioribus et paulo an- 

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

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

 basahbus maculis tribus denudatis margine posteriore notatis. Long. 

 4 lin. 



Hab. Western Australia (Champion Bay). 



A remarkably slender species with a perfectly parallel outline. 

 The figure very inadequately represents its extreme narrowness. 



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



