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REVISION OF THE AMYCTERIDES. 



Part ii. Talaurinus (continued). 

 By Eustace W. Ferguson, M.B., Ch.M. 



(Continued from Vol. ocxxvii., p. 135.) 

 Talaurinus typicus Macl., loc. cit., p. 230. 



<J. Size moderate, elongate-ovate. Black, subnitid, almost with- 

 out clothing. 



Head with forehead concave. Rostrum moderately long, as wide 

 as head at apex; external ridges long, convergent towards base, 

 continued along forehead; internal ridges long, prominent, some- 

 what oblique; sublateral sulci long, narrow, extending into con- 

 cavity of forehead; median area linear, depressed. Scrobes ex- 

 tending almost to eye, subdivided by a vertical ridge near pos- 

 terior end. Eyes subrotundate. Prothorax(4-5 x 5 mm.) evenly 

 rounded on sides, apical margin lightly sinuate, lobes not promi- 

 nent; granules for the most part small, somewhat irregular, dis- 

 crete; sides granulate. Elytra(12 x 7 mm.) elongate, sides gently 

 rounded, apex moderately produced, base lightly emarginate, 

 humeri with a rather prominent granule; disc with six rows of 

 tubercles, small, granuliform at base, becoming larger and coarser 

 more posteriorly ; sutural row small, close together, larger at base ; 

 second with six large prominent tubercles; third with from ten to 

 thirteen tubercles, smaller on declivity; fourth with four large 

 ones; fifth with eleven, the posterior ones rather smaller, sixth 

 with seven ; seventh interstice lateral, with seven smaller granules, 

 sides otherwise rugosely granulate. Metasternum feebly concave; 

 intermediate segments long, fifth segment with feeble impression 

 at apex, bordered by two projections 1 mm. apart, situated on 

 posterior edge. Femora without spines beneath, tarsi long. 

 Dimensions : ^.19x7 mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales; Argyle (type in Macleay Museum), 

 Goulburn, Lockyersleigh. 



