344 REVISION OF THE AMYCTERIDES, ii., 



row of minute granules only distinct near humeral angles, else- 

 where more irregular and confused; sixth row of about sixteen 

 small granules in single series. Between interstices no definite 

 strias recognisable, but small intermediate rows of granules, form- 

 ing with the interstitial granules short, low, transverse rugae. 

 Metasternum flattened; intermediate abdominal segments long, 

 feebly impressed at sides; fifth segment large, with a shallow 

 mesial impression, and a short, rather deep, transverse one at 

 extreme apex, overhung by two small tubercles. 



9. Much more obese, the elytra more rounded, with the apex 

 more produced, the elytral granules more numerous (about double) 

 on the second and fourth interstices, finer and more irregular on 

 the third and fifth, where they tend to be in triple series. Beneath, 

 rather strongly convex; fifth segment with a deep narrow mesial 

 fossa at apex. Dimensions : (J. 21 x 7 mm.; 9. 22 x 9 mm.; pro- 

 thorax, 5x6 mm.; elytra, 14-5 x 9 mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales : Mittagong (Dr. C. D. Clark, per H. 

 J. Carter). 



Differs from T. alternans in the extreme fineness of the elytral 

 granules, which are much smaller than in any other member of the 

 T. typicus-group. The female has the granules even more numer- 

 ous than in the male, and on the third interstice in triple series. 



Talaurinus Mitchelli Macl., loc. cit., p.234. 

 £. Size moderate, elongate-ovate. Black, opaque, granules 

 niticl; densely clothed with yellowish-grey scales, granules not so 

 clothed, beneath each segment maculate in centre. 



Head continued on into rostrum, forehead feebly concave. Ros- 

 trum with the external ridges rather strongly convergent, continued 

 on to vertex; internal ridges long, oblique, median area depressed. 

 Scrobes incompletely divided, open posteriorly. Prothorax (4*5 

 x 5-5 mm) rounded on sides, apical sinuosity slight, disc irregu- 

 larly granulate, granules varying in size and distribution; sides 

 granulate. Elytra(12 x 8 mm ) ovate, apex moderately produced, 

 feebly mucronate, base lightly emarginate, humeral angles marked 

 by a nodule; interstices with prominent granules, sutural with a 

 row of minute granules; second with five or six large prominent 



