BY E. W. FERGUSON. 353 



T. pastillarius Bohera., probably belongs to this group; I have 

 had T. tuberculatus Macl., sent under that name. A specimen 

 sent from the British Museum to Mr. Lea is labelled, in Mr. 

 Arrow's writing — " Talaurinus pastillarius Boh., see Pascoe 

 (probably wrong)." The specimen is a female of T. tubercvlatus 

 Macl. 



Talaurinus pustulatus Pasc, loc. cit., p. 11. 



Size moderate. Black, opaque, the granules subnitid; sparsely 

 clothed with greyish scales; setse minute, black. 



Head convex, forehead strongly concave, sparingly setigero- 

 punctate. Rostrum excavate, external ridges slightly convergent, 

 continued on to head, internal ridges obsolete, lateral sulci 

 oblique, foveiform, median area smooth, not raised, a punctiform 

 depression in middle at base. Eyes subrotundate. Prothorax 

 (4*5 x 5*5 mm.) with apex feebly rounded above, and moderately 

 deep postocular sinuosity; granules depressed, somewhat obsolete, 

 fewer in middle, tending to become confluent transversely; sides 

 obsoletely granulate. Elytra (11x7 mm.) not produced at apex, 

 base arcuate, with thickened border, humeral angles noduliform; 

 disc with small irregular depressions not definitely seriate, but 

 with intermediate granules, interstices granulate or tuberculate, 

 sutural with a few depressed granules at base, second with four, 

 third with seven, fourth without any, fifth with six, sixth with 

 five ; tubercles anteriorly depressed, granuliform, posteriorly 

 conical. Fifth ventral segment with a transverse apical sulcus 

 containing two small tubercles. Dimensions : £.15x7 mm. 



The above description was drawn up from a specimen (£) 

 marked " compared with type," and agrees with Pascoe's descrip- 

 tion except in regard to the tubercles of the outer row. The 

 comparative size of the elytral tubercles appears to vary con- 

 siderably; examination of a fairly large series, including four 

 other specimens which have been compared with the type, shows 

 that hardly two specimens agree in all details. 



Talaurinus funfreus Pasc, loc. cit., p.ll. 



£. Elongate, subparallel. Black, with brownish scales, pro- 

 thorax feebly bivittate, elytra feebly maculate with white, ventral 

 segments with a few yellowish scales in centre. 



