BY E. W. FERGUSON. 125 



Talaurinus angularis, n.sp. 

 (Plate iii., fig. 12.) 



O*. Small, ovate. Black, in cavities with dense muddy 

 yellow clothing. Setse small, yellow ; beneath with a yellow 

 patch in centre of each segment. 



Head as in T. Jiiinicndm. Rostrum deeply excavate, exter- 

 nal ridges convergent to base, internal subobsolete, median 

 area deeply canaliculate, lateral sulci small but distinct. 

 Scrobes with a well-defined second fossa extending upwards in 

 front of eye, not entering into orbit. Prothorax (3-5 x 4-5 

 mm.) rounded on sides, apex with ocular lobes moderately dis 

 tinct, disc with a somewhat obscure collar-impression, median 

 line not traceable except in being free from granules, with the 

 small granules non-contiguous, rather more evenly set, fewer, 

 and larger than in TJiianeralis, but somewhat irregular in 

 size : sides not granulate. Elytra (10-5 x 7 mm.) ampliate on 

 sides, apex moderately produced, base widely and deeply emar- 

 ginate, humeral angles greatly produced ; disc seriate-foveate, 

 fovese open, separated by ridges little elevated and non-granu- 

 late, interstices with small shining granules in single and 

 double series becoming duplicate and triplicate in centre ; fifth, 

 sixth, and seventh with rather larger, flatter, and more irre- 

 gular granules, interfoveal ridges also granulate. Sides with 

 deeper, more punctiform foveae, interstices obsoletely granu- 

 late. Beneath, the intermediate segments rather long, fifth 

 segment with a simple shallow impression in centre, feebly 

 transversely deepened along posterior edge and sparingly 

 clothed with dark setae. Femora without a ridge beneath, 

 tibiae simple. Di//i fusion-^ : cf , 16 x 7 mm. 



/f/iO. — Queensland (R. Illidge). 



* Postscript (added May 31st, 1912). —I have recently received a female 

 irom Gunnedah (W. W. Froggatt); it lias the secondary fo.s.saof the scrobe 

 strongly developed, causing the hasal portions of the external ridges to be 

 strongly convergent, even more so than in the male. 



