228 
INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
must be better defined, in order to settle the various species described by 
Boisduval, Erichson, Blanchard, &c., as belonging to either of them. 
As I intend to develope a project of classification of this group in 
‘ Fauna Curculionidum Australis,’ the manuscript of which is going on, 
I will only here, before describing some new species in Mr. Saunders’ 
collection, observe that Mr. Perroud’s “Belus afiinis” (‘Melanges 
Entomolgiques,’ ii. p. 30, 1853) is a mere variety of Belus melanoce- 
phalus , Sch., long ago known in the collections of Europe, which variety 
is indicated by Germar in his ‘ Fauna Novae Adelaidae ’ (‘ Linnaea 
Entomologica,’ iii. 1848). Had Mr. Perroud known that old species 
(to which, if he knew it, he should have, at least, compared his pretended 
new species), or consulted Germar’s work, he would have avoided 
uselessly intricating the synonymy of this genus, and presenting as new 
observations so long ago made by that celebrated author in answer 
to Imhoff’s suggestions (Sing. Gen. Curculi.) on the sexual differences. 
Very happily for Mr. Perroud, his Belus bispinosus is distinct from 
Bel . hemislictus and Bel. scalaris of Germar. 
Belus amplicollis, Jelcel. 
Elongatus , subparallelus , piceus , supra violaceus , peclibus brunneis , 
antennis tarsisque £ rufis ; froute punctis duobus anticis, lineis 
tribus obsoletis thoracis , singuli elytri linea suturali angusta ma- 
culiformi alteraque dorsali abbreviala e punctis impressis dis- 
tantibus composita , lateribus corporis late maculisque duabus basi 
abdominis Jlavo-tomentosis ; thorace brevi, lato , conico , rugoso- 
punclato , medio profunde canaliculato cum impressione dorsali 
utrinque obliqua ; elylris juxta scutellum transversum elevatum 
paulo c alio sis, ad suturam valde impressis , a pice breviter productis ; 
femoribus anticis muticis. 
Long, (rostr. fere 3 mill, excl.) 13—14 ; thor. 2^; elytr. (cum cauda 
mill.) 10—10^j mill. Lat. thor. ante bas. 2 T 7 g —2-^; elytr. 
2 A—3 mill. 
Patria : Richmond River. Mus. D. Bowring, Saunders et Jekel. 
