798 REVISION OF THE AMYCTERIDES, IV., 



5. Differs in being somewhat more ovate; elytra not mucro- 

 nate; ventral surface convex; tibiae simple. 



Dime7isio7is : ^, 14 X 5; ^, 12x5 mm. 



Hab. — S.A.: Port Lincoln. Probably widely distributed in 

 South Australia. 



Described from specimens in my own collection. It is some- 

 what uncertain whether the Australian Museum or the Macleay 

 Museum possesses the type of the species, as it is represented in 

 both collections. 



I have elsewhere noted the occurrence of what I regard as 

 varieties of this species; some of these may probably prove dis- 

 tinct. Of present described species, this can be confused only 

 with *S. parvulus (see under that species), and" »S'. mncronipennis. 

 The latter is distinguished by the mucronation of the elytra of 

 the female. The notched tibiae, inter alia, will distinguish it 

 from S. albovittatus, which it somewhat resembles. 



SCLERORINUS PARVULUS Macl. 



Macleay, op. cit., 1865, p. 260. 



This species is hardly distinct from S. Germari, except in the 

 o-ranulation of the prothorax. In S. parvulus, the granules are 

 evenly rounded, and not obsolete in the centre. I am unwilling 

 to sink >S^. Germari, which is the later name, until certain that 

 the differences are merely varietal and not specific. I have seen 

 specimens, which I attribute to S. parvulus, from the vicinity of 

 Adelaide, if I remember correctly. 



It may be noted, that I regard the Macleay Museum specimen 

 as the type; in the Australian Museum, there are two specimens 

 labelled S. parvulus; one is a small specimen of S. horridus, and 

 the other is probably so also, but it is too dirty for determina- 

 tion. 



SCLERORINUS TUBERCULOSUS Macl. 



Macleay, op. cit., p.256; {1)S. mucronatus Macl., I.e., p.255. 



(J. Size moderately, large; elongate-ovate. Black; with rather 

 sparse, brownish subpubescence in depressions; median, ventral 

 vitta dull golden-yellow. 



