358 REVISION OF THE AMYCTERIDES, U., 



Talaurinus sobrinus, n.sp. 



These Proceedings, 1912, PL iii., fig.13. 

 (J. Moderately large, elongate. Black, moderately densely 

 clothed with muddy-grey scales; granules not clothed; setae black. 

 Rostrum short, much as in T. subvittatus, the internal ridges 

 little prominent, median area depressed, strongly in front, feebly 

 foveate at base; lateral sulci strongly foveiform. Scrobes extend- 

 ing almost to eye, with a groove running from the postero-inferior 

 angle into orbit. Eyes ovate. Head feebly depressed in front, 

 with a faint mesial line, hardly carinate, with scattered decum- 

 bent setae. Prothorax (4 x 5 mm.) subangulate on sides, with a 

 deep, transverse, subapical constriction; disc granulate in four 

 groups, median line without granules, and lateral lineae with 

 fewer granules, the granules small, rounded, setigerous. Elytra 

 (11 x 7 mm.) gradually widened to behind middle, apex widely 

 rounded, base slightly emarginate, humeral angles marked by a 

 small granule; disc with small, irregular, punctiform depressions, 

 hardly traceable in striae, often intercommunicating, and attended 

 by small setigerous granules; with rows of small, somewhat 

 elongate tubercles; second interstice with four, widely separate, 

 on disc, and three on declivity; third with eight, rather closer, 

 and not present on declivity; fourth and sixth without tubercles, 

 but with a row of fine setigerous granules similar to the intra- 

 strial ones; fifth with twelve tubercles, becoming slightly conical 

 posteriorly; seventh with about ten, moderately close together, 

 and not conical; size of tubercles smaller than in T. subvittatus. 

 Sides puncto-striate, interstices rugose, somewhat obsoletely 

 granulate. Beneath, uniformly and moderately closely clothed 

 with black setae, intermediates large; fifth with a shallow central 

 impression, with a median vitta of strong hirsute setae, and a 

 small hirsute tubercle on either side. Anterior femora without 

 a ridge beneath. 



Q. Similar but more ovate, and with the tubercles rather 

 stronger; beneath, convex, without impressions. Dimensions : 

 <J.17 x 7; 9.17-5 x 7-5 mm. 



Hob.- Queensland (Macleay Museum-type), Card well (Queens- 

 land Museum). 



