COLEOPTERA. 
Brentus Likeatus: fiifcus, thorace flavefcenti trilineato, elytris pundtatis: llneis duabus pundtorum 
contiguorntn flavefcentium. 
An elegant little infedl of the Fabrician genus Brentus. In the Linnsean fyftem it is to be arranged 
with the Curculiones ; as are alfo the two following fpecies. Our Brentus Lineatus is a new fpecies. 
LIXUS BIDENTATUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennae clavated, with the firft joint very long. Head fmall, projedtlng into a ftraight cylindrical fnout ; 
wing-cafes fame length as the abdomen^ and frequently acuminated : body elongated and cylindrical. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Ferruginous: thorax with a teftaceous line; wing-cafes bidentated, ftriated, and marked with two 
teftaceous fpots. 
Lixus Bidentatus ; ferruginous, thorace linea teftacea, elytris bidentatis ftriatis teftaceo-bimaculatis. 
This fpecies, which is perfedtly undefcribed, is from New South Wales. 
RHYNCHiENUS CYLINDRIROSTRIS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennae clubbed, with the firft joint very long, and placed near the apex of the fnout : head fmall, round, 
inferted, projedting into an elongated cylindrical fnout: thorax Ihort and round: wing-cafes em- 
bracing the abdomen : body oblong. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Thighs dentated : thorax fcabrous, with two horns on the anterior part : wing cafes with two tubercles 
behind. 
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