BY E. W. FERGUSON. 783 



subsequens, connected together, costiform; sixth with a similar 

 row of eleven. Beneath, as in *S'. subsequeiis. Dimensions: 9, 

 14x6 mm. 



Hah. — Mudgee. 



Despite the apparent difference in the elytral tubercles, I am 

 inclined to regard the two specimens as belonging to but one 

 species. There are, in the Australian Museum, and in my own 

 collection, specimens which are intermediate between the two 

 types in their elytral sculpture. There are specimens in my own 

 collection from Tarana, which I attribute, with some slight doubt, 

 to S. suhsequpms; the females are much alike, but a male is much 

 more coarsely tuberculate than any Mudgee specimens, especially 

 when compared with a male from Mudgee, which seems to be the 

 same as S. inte^^ruj^tus. There is also some doubt as to whether 

 the Australian Museum specimen of >S'. interrnptus is actually 

 the type. Macleay gives the measurements as 8x3^ lines, but 

 the Australian Museum specimen measures only 7x3 lines, 

 though agreeing in other respects with the description. Tenta- 

 tively, I propose to sink S. inferruptus under S. subspquens, 

 retaining the latter name, although the former is described 

 before the latter on the same page. 



SCLERORINUS DOLENS Boisd. 



Boisduval, Voy. Astrolabe, ii., 1835, p. 37 6; Macleay, loc. cit., 

 p.264. 



The description of the elytra leaves no doubt that this species 

 is a member of Group iv. As the prothorax is described as 

 "confertim granulato," the species is evidently different from S. 

 subcostatus Macl., or S. squalidus Macl. The description of the 

 elytral interstices may well be quoted: — "On voit sur chacune 

 d'elles sept coles elevees, interrompues, comme rongees, moins 

 distinctes sur les flancs qu'en dessus. Les intervalles sont ponc- 

 tues irregulierement et occupes par des points eleves, confluents 

 parfois et disposes sans ordre." This description would apply 

 almost equally well to *S^. subeqiie.iis and •>, subcarinatus. A 

 specimen sent out from the British Museum, for examination, 



