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procul a sutura acumine valido " ; and again : " supra convexa, 

 transversim rugosa, bifariam rude sed minus profunde striato- 

 punctata, interstitiis alternis elevatis, costatis, obsolete seriatim 

 granulatis . . . ."; in regard to T. rugifer, the description might 

 apply to this or the following form; in some ways, the descrip- 

 tion might even apply to T. scabricollis mihi ( = T. scaber Macl.), 

 but I do not know the male of that species, or whether it pos- 

 sesses the femoral spine distinctly mentioned by Boisduval. 



Talaurinus simillimus Macleay. 

 Macleay, I.e., p. 237; Lea, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Aust., pill. 



<J. Elongate, subparallel. Black, with sparse brown clothing 

 in depressions; median vitta moderately dense, greyish-yellow; 

 setae minute, black. 



Head convex, forehead concave, rather closely setigero-punc- 

 tate, and with scattered yellow clothing. Rostrum deeply ex- 

 cavate, external ridges parallel, running back into head; internal 

 very small, almost obsolete; median area depressed. Scrobes 

 open behind. Eyes ovate Club moderately elongate. Pro- 

 thorax (6 X 7 mm.) not depressed, collar-constriction feeble, set 

 closely with very small, even, noncontiguous granules ; sides 

 granulate. Elytra (14 x 8 mm.) elongate, apex moderately pro- 

 duced, rounded; base subtruncate, humeri noduliform; with three 

 double rows of small fovese, the ridges between moderately raised, 

 adjacent fovese often communicating, interstices costiform, the 

 sutural raised on declivity, less prominent elsewhere, the lateral 

 interstices showing a tendency to resolve into component granules; 

 sides with deep, subquadrate foveas, interstices obsoletely granu- 

 late. Fifth segment without impressions. Anterior femora with 

 a small spine situated near middle. Dimensions : (£.21 x 8 mm. 



Hab. - New South Wales : Merimbula Type in Macleay 

 Museum. 



Close to the preceding, of which, perhaps, it ought to be 

 regarded only as a " form." It appears to differ chiefly in the 

 character of the elytral fovese, these being larger and more fovei- 

 form than in T. rugifer, the interstices also show no trace of that 

 fine granulation visible in T. rugifer. It is certainly not a 

 synonym of T. foveatus, as stated by Lea. 



