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INSECTA SAUNDERSIANA. 
Belus irroratus, Jekel. 
Elongatus , subcylindricus , rufus , capite infuscato; orbitis oculorum , 
thoracis tinea media impressa lateribusque sparse sublineatim , 
scutello, elytrorum lineolis brevibus maculis punctisque ad suturam 
et lineam latero-dorsalem duplicatam magis condensatis corporeque 
subtus albo-jlavescenti squamosis ; capite thoraceque rugoso-grano- 
sis ; elytris apice conjunctim acutis, punclato-rugosis, rugis partim 
granuliformibus ; femoribus anticis subtus transversim bi — reli - 
quis uni — dentatis. 
Long, (rostr. 2^ excl.) 9^; thor. 1 T 8 S ; elytr. 7 mill. Lat. thor. ante 
bas. elytr. ad hum. 2^; ante apic. 2-& mill. 
Patria : Van Dieman’s Land. 
Very much allied in shape to Rhinotia pectoralis , Erichs, (which, 
by-the-bye, is rather a Belus-lihe form), but somewhat larger; and, like 
it, by the form of the elytra, slightly ampliate posteriorly, leading to the 
subgenus Isacantha, Hope, Sch. Head transverse-quadrate, transversely 
impressed posteriorly, rather strongly punctate-rugose, subgranulose; 
eyes subsemiglobose, prominent. Rostrum long, cylindric, slightly 
arcuate, punctate-rugulose at the base, glossy and finely punctulate 
to the apex. Antennce almost shaped and inserted as in Bel. melano- 
cephalus ; their two basal joints infuscate. Thorax conically ampliate 
to the ante-basal fifth, then roundly angustate to the base, which 
is hardly broader than the apex ; the former strongly sinuate, the latter 
obliquely truncate, moderately produced in the middle above ; rugulose- 
granulate, the granulations more evidently circumscribed and blackish 
along the middle; sides underneath also blackish. Scutellum some¬ 
what raised, subquadrate, infuscate, whitish squamose. Elytra sub- 
angularly rounded at the middle of their base ; shoulders rounded; 
sides very slightly angustate to above the middle, then insensibly 
slightly ampliate to the posterior sixth, thence rather abruptly shortly 
subangularly narrowed to the apex, where they are conjointly acute and 
somewhat divaricating at the suture; rugosities stronger at the base 
