Not en on Ainijcterides. 2 I-. 



TALAl'HINr 



^ Small, eloiiji-atf-dvati', in <,a'iic'ral t'arifs ]ik<' T. //uiciili/jen/iis. 

 Black, densely clothed with greyish subpuhescence, prothorax trivit- 

 tate, elytra maculate with lighter grey. Setae bright yellow. 



Head and rostrum niucii as in 7'. niaciili pciiiiiK : antennal scape 

 long. Prothorax (3 x 4 mm.) rounded on sides, apical margin 

 feebly rounded above, with moderately definite post ocular emargina- 

 tion ; subapical construction moderately well marked; closely set 

 with small, rounded, setigerous granules, sides also granulate. 

 Elytra (7x5 mm.) elongate, at base not quite so wide as prothorax, 

 gradually widening backwards; base generally arcuate; humeri not 

 produced. Disc with series of small shallow foveiform punctiires, 

 the intervening ridges setigerous, not definitely granulate; inter- 

 stices with small obscure setigerous granides in single series; sides 

 Avith granules obsolete. Intermediate ventral segments rather long; 

 apical segment with a broad shallow depression in middle, running 

 into a deeper transverse sulcus, depression bounded on either side 

 by a strongly raised somewhat obliquely set ridge or tubercle. 

 Tibiae simple, without subapical emargination. Dimensions: 

 $ 12.5 X 5 mm. 



Kah. — South Australia, Warburton Ranges (Hacker); Ouldea 

 (South Australian Museum). Type in A. M. Lea's collection. 



In general appearance remarkably close to T . maculipennis, but 

 readily distinguished by the simple tibiae. T. simplicipes is a 

 shorter insect with different rostral sculpture, shorter and stouter 

 antennal scape and different apical excavation. T. Howitti also 

 differs in the structure of the excavation. T. flaveolus, inter alia, 

 has very different clothing and an almost obliterated elytral sculp- 

 ture. This species Avas amongst the Amycterides in the South 

 Australian Museum, but was not described as new until it could 

 be compared with T . corhonarius ; Mr. Blair of the British Museum 

 his since infoi'med me that it is not that species. 



Tai.aurinus pkrplexus, n. sp. 



(? Size moderately large, elongate-ovate. Black; densely clothed 

 with obscure, mingled brownish and golden, subpubescence; feebly 

 trivittate with light grey on prothorax, vittate along disc of elytra, 

 internal to fifth interstice; ventral segments maculate in middle 

 with yellow, forming an almost continuous vitta. Setae dark, red- 

 dish brown. 



