788 REVISION OF THE AMYCTERIDES, iv., 



the middle; second interstice with four, widely separated, sub- 

 conical tubercles, not reaching baSe, nor apex; third with a row 

 of nine, from base to half-way down declivity, tubercles separate, 

 smaller near base, otherwise as on second interstice; fourth with 

 one or two near middle; fifth with a moderately large, humeral 

 tubercle, followed by a few, small granules, becoming obsolete 

 and not traceable; sixth with a row of about seven, moderately 

 distantly placed, smaller than on other interstices (except the 

 fifth), not reaching base. Sides with three rows of small, rounded 

 granules, the uppermost reaching to base, the middle to a level 

 with the basal end of the sixth interstice, and the lowest much 

 finer, only traceable posteriorly. Apical, ventral segment concave 

 on either side of median vitta. Legs simple. Dimensions: 

 (J, 20 X 7 5 mm. 



Hah. — South Australia [exact locality uncertain]. Type in 

 Macleay Museum. 



SCLERORINUS VESTITUS Macl. 



Macleay, oj). cit, 1866, p. 323. 



Close to »S'. longus, narrower, more elongate. Black; clothing 

 dense, brownish; prothorax with traces of a median vitta; elytra 

 with an interrupted, greyish vitta internal to third interstice, 

 and a broader, interrupted, sublateral one ; sides with light, 

 almost white, clothing, extending over the whole side of pro- 

 thorax, and along the lower half of the side of the elytra; cloth- 

 ing beneath greyish, punctate with black spots; median vitta 

 golden-brown. 



Head and rostrum much as in S. longus. Prothorax (5x6 

 mm.) subdilatate, with subapical constriction less distinct; gran- 

 ules larger than in »S'. longus, varying in size, with larger ones in 

 front of, and behind centre of disc. Elytra (12 x 6 "5 mm.) more 

 elongate; seriate punctures as in -S'. longus; tubercles variable in 

 size in different specimens; sutural interstice with semiconfluent, 

 rounded tubercles at base, hardly traceable beyond middle; second 

 with about six, rounded at base, conical nearer apex; third with 

 ten or eleven, similar to those of second, extending down de- 



