112 REVISION OF THE AMYCTERIDES, ii., 



cated in middle of second, third, and fifth. Beneath strongly 

 convex ; intermediate segments long ; fifth segment with a 

 transverse impression. JJimensions : 9, 16x8 mm. 



Hab. — W. Australia. 



Four specimens ( 9 ) lent by the British Museum, one 

 marked "compared with type"; one labelled mcisus, pre- 

 sumably an MS. name. 



One specimen differs in having the granules larger, and in 

 being less convex beneath, with a shallow transverse fovea at 

 the apex of the fifth segment. 



Closely allied to )S'. multigy-anulatus Lea, which I would 

 refer to Talaurinus, but appears to differ in the larger size, 

 denser clothing on rostrum, smaller granules, and larger 

 elytral fovese. 



Talaurinus multigranulatus Lea. 



Sclerorrhinus rmiltigranulatus Lea, Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr., 

 1910, p. 161. 



Referred by Lea to Sclerorr/iimis, on the ground of want- 

 ing the internal rostral ridges. The rostrum, however, is not 

 carinate as in Sclerorrhinus. I possess a male, which I believe 

 to be referable to this species ; it differs from the type 9 ^^ 

 having the elytra more abruptly rounded at apex, and in 

 having the fifth ventral segment shallowly and widely exca- 

 vate. This excavation strongly resembles that of T. Kiverince 

 and its immediate allies ; and to such, I believe, the rostrum 

 notwithstanding, it is most nearly related. T. fessellatus 

 Pasc, is undoubtedly congeneric, and Lea has referred it 

 also to Scleroi-rhinus. Unfortunately I have never seen a 

 male of Pascoe's species. 



Talaurinus Roei Bohemann. 



Bohem., Schbnh., Gen. Cure, vii, (1), 1843, p. 62 ; Macleay, 

 loc.cit., p. 231. 



