BY E. W. FERGUSON. 361 



West Australia. It may be recognised by its strongly tubercu- 

 late, almost bristling, appearance, combined with its somewhat 

 narrow, deeply excavate rostrum, and the deep anal excavation. 



It is possible, though hardly probable, that T. pastil! arius is 

 this species. Specimens were sent from the British Museum 

 under this name, but I do not think it wise to sink Macleay's 

 name, until the type can be examined. 



Talaurinus irroratus, n.sp. 



These Proceedings, 1912, Pl.iii., fig.3. 



£. General facies that of T. verrucosus; size large. Black, 

 moderately densely clothed with greyish scales, head trivittate, 

 median vitta bifurcate on rostrum, prothorax trivittate on disc, 

 elytra maculate; beneath, each segment feebly maculate in middle 

 and at sides with yellow; seta? black. 



Head convex, setigero-punctate, forehead shallowly concave. 

 Rostrum moderately long, deeply excavate; external ridges con- 

 vergent basally, internal obsolete, median area narrow, lsevigate, 

 not raised, base bifoveate. Scrobes open posteriorly. Eyes sub- 

 ovate. Prothorax (5x6 mm.) obtusely subangulate on sides, 

 apex rounded above, with a well marked postocular sinuosity; 

 disc without collar-impression; granulate, granules small, hemi- 

 spherical, setigerous, not present along vittse; sides granulate. 

 Elytra (13 x 7*5 mm) elongate, little rounded; apex moderately 

 strongly rounded, mucronate; base arcuate, humeral angles tuber- 

 culiform. Disc puncto-striate, punctures hardly traceable on 

 account of the tubercles; interstices tuberculate, tubercles small, 

 rounded basally, becoming more acutely conical towards apex; 

 sutural with a single row of granules, second with nine or ten, 

 third with fifteen to seventeen, rather smaller; fourth with six, 

 more spaced out and not present on declivity; fifth with twelve 

 to fourteen, sixth with eleven to twelve, forming lateral border. 

 Sides granulate. Intermediate ventral segments long ; fifth 

 deeply excavate, anterior half with a shallow impression occupy- 

 ing the middle two-fourths of segment, and with a small tubercle 

 on either side, posterior portion occupied by a deep, transversely 



