BY E. W. FERGUSON. 105 



Talaurinus apicihirtus, n.sp. 



cf. Small, broadly ovate. Black, densely clothed with 

 chocolate-brown scales, head and prothorax trivittate, elytra 

 maculate with grey ; setae black, anal bristles dark brown, 

 almost black. 



Head strongly convex, densely clothed, and with scattered 

 setse. Rostrum short, external ridges slightly divergent pos- 

 teriorly ; internal short, distinct ; median area rather deep, 

 sulciform ; lateral basal sulci rather shallow. Scrobes short, 

 defined posteriorly. Eyes ovate. Prothorax (3-5 x 4-5 mm.) 

 transverse, median lobe not produced, ocular lobes strong, 

 touching eyes in repose, collar-impression and median line 

 well defined ; set fairly closely with small, round, somewhat 

 depressed granules, each with a setigerous punctui'e situated 

 on top of granule. Sides granulate, obsoletely so towards 

 coxae. Elytra (8x6 mm.) wide, apex abruptly rounded, base 

 lightly arcuate, humeral angles marked : disc with longitudi- 

 nal rows of small punctures, hardly traceable, ridges between 

 punctures setigerous ; interstices, first, third, fifth and sixth 

 raised, setigerous in double and single series, the sixth and 

 apical portion of fifth distinctly granulate ; second and fourth 

 not raised, rather depressed ; second with four or five, fourth 

 with one or two, small, hardly apparent granules ; the whole 

 sculpture very obscure ; sides with interstices definitely granu- 

 late. Beneath closely setigero-punctate, second segment 

 hardly longer than one of the intermediates, these latter very 

 short ; fifth segment with a wide and deep excavation extend- 

 ing back to anterior margin, filled with long, stout, setose 

 hair of a dark colour ; ends of forceps present at sides, apical 

 tergite strongly punctured. Femora unarmed, tibiae without 

 notch. /)/ /iir-n.^inns : (f , 13x6 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Toowoomba (Cox), Bunya Mountains 

 (Queensland Museum). 



A short broad species, in general facies close to T. paiiduri- 

 fonnis, but with a remarkable anal excavation, which might 



