BY E. W. FERGUSON. 377 



leaving irregular spaces. Sides not granulate. Elytra (10 x 6*5 

 mm. ) evenly widened, base arcuate, humeral angles nodulif orm, not 

 greatly advanced; disc seriate-foveate, foveae definite and in double 

 series in inner striae, becoming less definite laterally, interstices 

 nodulose, second not traceable ; third with a series of large, trans- 

 verse, smooth nodules confluent on either side with ridges between 

 the foveas ; fourth, fifth, and sixth with smaller, separate nodules, 

 showing a tendency to coalesce laterally, but separated above and 

 below ; the whole sculpture confused, and differing on each elytron ; 

 sides more regularly striate, interstices smooth, not elevated. Be- 

 neath, without impressions. Legs simple. Dimensions : (J. 16 x 

 6-5 mm. 



1 am a little dubious about the sex of the type, as I have not 

 ventured to relax the specimen, and there are no ventral impres- 

 sions to guide. 



Another specimen differs rather considerably in the elytral sculp- 

 ture, having the second interstice more costiform and less nodulose, 

 and the lateral interstices both more continuous and more con- 

 nected laterally It probably is a different species, but until a large 

 number of specimens can be examined to determine the range of 

 variation, I do not think it wise to make a new species on every 

 form. The specimen described is from Mr. G. Masters' Collection 

 in the Macleay Museum, and was taken at Coonabarabran. 



Talauhinus angustatus Macl., loc. cit., p.241. 



(J. Narrow, elongate, subcylindrical. Black, practically without 

 clothing save for a few greyish scales in foveas; setae few, small, 

 and black. 



Head convex, obsoletely rugosely setigero-granulate, with an 

 obsoletely impressed median groove. Rostrum short, little exca- 

 vate; external ridges slightly divergent posteriorly; internal much 

 broader, somewhat flattened, subparallel; lateral sulci long, deep 

 at base, elsewhere shallow ; median area feebly depressed, deepened 

 behind apical emargination and in median basal notch. Scrobes 

 strongly curved downwards towards eye. Eyes set low down, ovate. 

 Prothorax (5 x 5 mm.) widest behind apex; median and ocular 



