BY K. W. FKRGlSOy. 221 



NcnoxoruKs taikis. ii.sp. 



^. Size Tin>dei*Jitr, oUuiijato-ovate. lilai-k. «lt'ii>ply oovereii with 

 >ihuouiis ami whitish suhsetoso rlolhinir; liea«i «U»nsely clothetl. s;ue 

 tivor uiotliaii lino, wiili whitish supraiH'uhir \ilta': prothorax trivit- 

 lalo, elytra niaculale with white, siiles oi' pn>thnrax ami elytra 

 wiilt white elothinir; henealli sterna spai^sely rlotheii. ventral seir- 

 nuMils with nie<liaM luanihe almost continuous, anil with smaller 

 lateral ttnes. Seta' light. 



Head auvl rostrum ehararteristic ot the uenus: suhlateral sulei 

 >hallow. meilian line rather deeply impresseil. external honlei's of 

 rostrum teehly divergent; >upraorular irests arisimr at nearly a 

 riirht angle with rostral bordei-s. projerting strongly t)utwards. 

 the outer edge strongly eurveil backwards, the inner border 

 less >trougly lurveil. apex pointed, base narri>wer than 

 in X ^uriij'r. Protborax (o X 4 mm. > tjansvei*se. evenly 

 rounded o\\ sitles. apical uuirgin without iletinite lobes: disc set 

 with small separate setigerous gramUes. lending to leave sub- 

 lateral \ittiv fitv; sides gnmulate abi)M'. Klytra (S x 6 nun.) 

 rather strongly widened, ovate, base gently arcuate. hunuM-al angles 

 noduliform: striate, the >lria' with i>bscure. open, foveiform de- 

 pressions: iutei'stices rather broad, gently convex transversely, not 

 greatly raised, set with snuill depressed setigerous granules, more 

 or less i)bscured by (•K»ihing. tor the most part in single series, 

 occasionally duplicated: near the sides, the granules show some ten- 

 dem-y to unite laterally, tornung obscure. transvei*si> ruga\ 

 Heneath glabrous, with scattered, shallow, setigerous punctures, 

 xentral segnuMits feebly llatlenctl in middle, tilth segment very 

 leebly concave in mitldle. witlumt <letinite impressions. lx\u> 

 simple, intermediate tibia^ not notched. 



c^. Vcrv >imilar. but larger, bi>»;ider. nu»re*»\ate; undcrsurfaoe 

 gently eon\t'x. DituenitiDus : (^. 13 x G nun.: 9« 1 ^ ^ ~ u\u}. 



Holt. West Australia. l^»ke Austin. "iMdy t'ound in the I«»ke 

 I'ountry umler stt»nes*' (11. W. r>ritwn>. 



Inttii sexes show a teebly tran>ver>e impression at base ot" ros- 

 trum, but it is not dc\ elopcil to the sauu' extent as u» .V. (UKfuli- 



