<S02 REVISION OF THE AMYCTERIDES, iv., 



and it is possibly allied to S. Queenslandicus, which has similar 

 tibiae. It is not the latter species, however, as a specimen of S. 

 Queenslandicus was sent to the British M useum, and compared 

 with the type of *S'. meliceps by Mr. K. G. Blair, 



It is just possible that S. meliceps may be a Talaurinus allied 

 to T. pallidus Macl., the members of the pallidus-gvomp having 

 notched tibiae, and a variable rostrum, in some cases, e.g., T 

 Gayndahensis, approaching that of Sclerorinus. 



Hah. — Queensland : Rockhampton. 



Other Species belotiging to Group v. 

 S. inconstans Lea. — N.S.W.: Mt. Kosciusko. 

 S. alpicola Ferg. — Yic: Mt. Baldy, Victorian Alps. 

 S. Blackhurni Ferg. — S.A.: Cleve. 

 S. mucronipennis Ferg. — Yic: IS'elson. 



Sclerorinus horridus Macl. 



Macleay, loc. cit., p.256. 



(J. Elongate-ovate, size moderately small. Black ; densely 

 clothed with dark brown and pale cinereous; head and prothorax 

 trivittate with the lighter-coloured clothing, elytra variably 

 clothed, as a rule, the light clothing predominating; sides more 

 or less clothed with cinereous; undersurface with moderately 

 long, cinereous pubescence, forming median and lateral vittae, 

 and clothing greater part of fifth segment, the intervals between 

 the vittae with dark brown clothing. 



Head convex, median line laevigate in front. Rostrum short, 

 little excavate ; external ridges slightly convergent to base; 

 median carina moderately broad; sublateral sulci of moderate 

 width, with a deeper fovea at base. Prothorax (3*5 x 4-5 mm.) 

 rather strongly dilatate, subangulate in middle of sides; ocular 

 lobes rather prominent; subapical impression moderately well 

 marked; set with small, rounded, well-separated granules, absent 

 along mesial line and over sublateral vittae, except in middle. 

 Sides with scattered granules, obsolete towards coxae. Elytra 

 (8x5-5 mm.) moderately strongly widened to behind middle; 



