102 REVISION OF THE AMYCTERIDES, ii., 



Talaurinus tomentosus Boisd. 



Boisduval, Voy. Asti'olabe, ii. 1835, p. 373; Macleay, I.e., 

 p. 217. 



cf- Narrow, elongate-ovate, convex. Black, densely 

 clothed with rusty-coU^ured scales; setae yellow. 



Head convex, forehead somewhat flattened, continued on 

 into rostrum. Rostrum short, thick; external ridges sub- 

 parallel, not extending up forehead, internal long, more pro- 

 minent at base, lateral sulci shallow, median area linear, de- 

 pressed, running into basal sulcus ; head and rostral ridges 

 sparingly setigero-punctate. Scrobes short, simple. Eyes 

 subovate. Pi'othorax (4-25 x 5-'25 mm.) rounded on sides, 

 base truncate, apex truncate above with a feeble postocular 

 sinuosity ; disc finely and closely granulate, the granules some- 

 what irregular in size, feebly depressed, and setigero-punc- 

 tate ; sides granulate. Elytra (12x7 mm.) little ampliate, 

 apex abruptly rounded, base truncate, humeral angles not 

 marked ; discal striag feebly and shallowly punctate ; inter- 

 stices broad, feebly convex, irregularly granulate in double 

 series, single on declivity ; granules discrete, rounded, umbili- 

 cated, each bearing a long seta ; seventh almost quite lateral, 

 the disc running in to the sides without delimitation, sides 

 granulate. Intermediate ventral segments long, together 

 longer than second. Fifth rather deeply excavate, with a 

 transverse sulcus along posterior border. 



9 . Rather more robust than the cf • : ventral segments 

 convex, fifth segment not excavate, but with a rather feeble 

 impression, near apex. D'nneii.^lons : ^. 18x7 mm.; (^. 17"5 x 

 7 mm. 



Hah. — Victoria: Western Port (Boisduval), Cape Otway. 



Apparently a rather common insect along the southern 

 coast of Victoria, and said by Macleay to occur in Tasmania, 

 but I have never seen an authentic specimen from there. I 

 believe I am right in attributing Boisduval's name* to this 

 species, though it is possible that T. penirillatus, which also 



*)See Postcript, p. 134. 



