BY E. W. FERGUSON. 369 



what divergent in basal half ; internal short, prominent, arising 

 from external ridges in middle, and strongly convergent; lateral 

 sulci triangular, foveiform, meeting behind internal ridges 

 median area strongly depressed. Scrobes somewhat open behind. 

 Eyes ovate. Prothorax (5x6 mm.) not greatly dilated on the 

 sides, apex with postocular sinuosity feeble, and feeble ocular 

 lobes; disc with median line and collar-impression faintly marked; 

 granules small, irregular, depressed, of abraded appearance, par- 

 ticularly near the centre, where the granules show a tendency to 

 coalesce. Elytra (13*5 x 7*5 mm.) subparallel, little dilated on 

 sides, apex widely rounded, base gently arcuate; humeral angles 

 dentiform, projecting laterally; disc with three rows of large 

 open foveae, separated by well defined though irregularly disposed 

 ridges, the fovea? becoming divided posteriorly and laterally by 

 low and incomplete partitions; interstices prominent, costiform, 

 crenulated in outline, sutural not so raised; sides with single rows 

 of large foveae, the interstices not raised. Intermediate segments 

 long, flattened; fifth feebly depressed under cover of median 

 vitta. Legs simple, femora not dentate Dimensions : £. 21 x 

 7*5 mm 



Hob. — Queensland : Warra Type in Australian Museum. 



Perhaps closest to T. scabricollis in the partial confluence of 

 the prothoracic tubercles, but not very unlike in general appear- 

 ance. From T.foveatus and T. lacunosus, the difference in pro- 

 thoracic sculpture should distinguish it. 



Talaurinus niveo-vittatus, n.sp. 

 These Proceedings, 1912, PL iii., fig. 14. 



1. Elongate-ovate, convex, robust. Black, densely clothed with 

 white, forming longitudinal vittse, head trivittate, median vitta 

 bifurcate on rostrum; prothorax trivittate, each elytron with three, 

 broad, dense vittae; sides with white scales along striae; beneath, 

 with a median vitta of dark brown or black hair ; setas small, sparse. 



Head convex, separately so from rostrum, with scattered setae. 

 Rostrum short, as wide at apex as head, deeply excavate, external 

 ridges subparallel, slightly out-turned at base; internal ridges well 

 defined but not prominent, separated throughout by a median sul- 



