228 REVISION" OF THE AMYCTERIDES, iii., 



witlioiit ocular lobes, median line I'ree from granules, elsewhere 

 with regular, rounded, umbilicate granules closely set. Elytra 

 {'l:-5 X 3 mm.) short, nuicli wider than prothorax; apex moderately 

 produced, emarginate at suture; base subtruncate, humeral angles 

 marked by a small nodule. Disc with striae moderately deep, the 

 loveai hardly traceable save by the intert'o\eal granules; inter- 

 stices with prominent, rounded granules becoming conical and 

 tuberculiform posteriorly, on the third and tit'tli interstice extend- 

 ing halfway down declivity. Sides with rows of regular foveas, 

 interstices not granulate. Metasternum and iirst abdominal seg- 

 ment concave, somewhat rugosely punctured; the other ventral 

 segments feebly convex, almost laevigate; hftii with a deep impres- 

 sion at apex. 



5. Similar but Ijroader, beneath strongly con\ex, Isevigate 

 without an apical impression. Dimensions: (J, 7 x 3: 9, 9 x 5mm, 



Hah. — West Australia, King George Sound. 



The above descrii)tion was drawn nj) from the type-specimens in 

 the Macleay jMuseum. In the same collection are cotypes of T. pupa 

 and T. lemmus. From an examination of the specimen of T. pupa, 

 1 am of the opinion that it probably should be referred to V. 

 ilumosus; the specimen, however, is a female, and presents certain 

 ditferences, of the specific value of which, I am uncertain. The 

 prothoracic granules are fewer, less umbilicate, less closely set, 

 leaving three si)aces free from granules; the elytra are similar, but 

 the intrastrial granules are hardly traceable. Also the setae are of 

 a brown colour, considerably darker than in P. dumosus. 1 have 

 had a chance of examining a number of specimens of this species; 

 all possessed dark-coloured setae, but the prothoracic granules 

 showed considerable variation ; the head also shows some variation 

 in width. Possibly P. pupa is distinct from P. dumosus, but I am 

 unable to suggest constant characters for their differentiation ; the 

 examination of a long series of both sexes, and from different parts 

 of West Australia, Avould probably solve the difhculty. 



A female recently received from the British Museum, for exami- 

 nation, and labelled Talaurinus pupa Pascoe, does not differ 

 materially from 1\ dumosus. 



