362 REVISION OF THE AMYCTERIDES, ti., 



oval fossa in middle, and more shallowly excavate at sides. 

 Anterior femora with a double ridge on ventral aspect. Dimen- 

 sions : (J. 21 x 7*5 mm. 



Hob. — New South Wales. Type in Australian Museum. 



Closely allied to T. verrucosus, and with a similar excavation 

 of the apical segment of abdomen, but with the elytral granules 

 or tubercles much smaller and more regular. The type is without 

 locality-label, but probably comes from New South Wales. 



A male in the Macleay Museum appears to be a small specimen 

 of this species; it is smaller (18*5 x 7 mm.), and practically desti- 

 tute of scales, but has the granules and anal excavation identical. 

 The locality is Hunter River, N.S.W. 



Talaurinus incanescens Macl. 

 Macleay, loc. cit, p. 244; T. encaustus Pasc, loc. cit., p.14. 



(J. (Specimen in Australian Museum). Elongate, subparallel. 

 Black, rather densely clothed with brownish scales, prothorax 

 trivittate with white, elytra maculate on disc, with white along 

 sides; beneath, with a few whitish scales in middle, and at sides 

 of ventral segments. 



Head convex, forehead convex. Rostrum moderately excavate; 

 external ridges short, subparallel ; internal prominent, con- 

 vergent; lateral sulci long, deep; median area depressed, linear. 

 Head and ridges rather densely setigero-punctate. Scrobes 

 closed behind. Prothorax (4-5 mm.) rather strongly dilated on 

 sides, apical and median lobes moderately developed, collar-con- 

 striction and median line marked ; set with small, rounded 

 granules, absent over median and lateral vittse; sides granulate. 

 Elytra (9 -5 x 6*5 mm.) subparallel, apex strongly rounded, flanged, 

 base subtruncate, humeri tuberculate; puncto-striate on disc, the 

 lines somewhat irregular, each puncture subtended by a small 

 granule; interstices tuberculate, second with six, third with nine, 

 fourth with none or one, fifth with eight, sixth with none, seventh 

 and lateral interstices granulate. Beneath, flat; intermediate 

 ventral segments moderately long; fifth with a shallow, triangular 

 excavation clothed with dense black hair. 



