Brentus Lineatus: fufcus, thorace flavefcenti trilineato, elytris pun&atis: linels duabus punfitorum 
contiguorum flavefcentium. 
An elegant little infe£t of the Fabrician genus Brentus. 
with the Curculiones j as are alfo the two following fpecies. 
In the Linnaean fyftem it is to be arranged 
Our Brentus Lineatus is a new fpecies. 
LIXUS BIDENTATUS. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennae clavated, with the firft joint very long. Head fmall, proje&ing 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 : ferrugineus, thorace linea teftacea, elytris bidentatis ftriatis teftaceo-bimaculati*. 
This fpecies, which is perfedtly undefcribed, is from New South Wales. 
RHYNCHjENUS cylindrirostris. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antennse clubbed, with the fill1 joint very long, and placed near the apex of the fnout: head fraall, round, 
inferted, projeaing into an elongated cylindrical fnout: thorax Ihort and round: wrng.cafea 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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