2')0 Eustace ^Y. Ferguson: 



Talaurinus validus, n. sp. 



2 Large, robust, elongate-ovate. Black, dull; practically with- 

 out clothing above; sides of elytra maculate with white in depres- 

 sions. 



Head convex, front shallowly concave, in middle slightly raised;, 

 profile of head continuous with that of rostrum. Rostrum short, 

 excavate; external ridges subj^arallel, continued on to head, bordei-- 

 ing the concavity; median area sublaevigate, not raised; internal 

 ridges obsolete; lateraY l>i\sal suk-i shor.t, deep, ti-iangularily 

 foveiform, not meeting across base; punctures of head and rostrum 

 obsolescent. Sci'obes open posteriorly. Eyes small, subrotundate. 

 Prothorax (5.5 x 7 mm.) widest somewhat in front of middle;: 

 apical margin with moderately deep postocular emarginatiou ; sub- 

 apical impression not clearly defined; disc convex, set with large, 

 isolated, rounded tubercles, the central ones very slightly transverse. 

 Sides with tubercles smaller. Elytra (14x9 mm.) evenly and gently 

 rounded on sides; ajicx moderately strongly lounded ; base rather 

 strongly emarginate. the humeri strongly produced, tulierculiform, 

 the basal margin thickened on each side of suture owing to the 

 confluence of the Ijasal tubercles of the second and third interstices. 

 Disc of elytra granulose between the tubercles, punctures not defi- 

 nitely traceable. Suture with small granules, obsolete posteriorly, 

 becoming larger towards base and merging into basal border on 

 eithei- side, leaving a marked depression at junction of suture with 

 base. Othei- interstices strongly tuberculate, tulDercles large, sepa- 

 rate, rounded anteriorly, becoming conical posteriorly and laterally;: 

 second with five from base to edge of declivity; third with nine, 

 from Ijase practically to apex, the last two or three on declivity, 

 approximated towards middle, so as to be almost in line with second 

 interstice; fourth witli one on basal bordei-, and one or two nearer 

 middle of interstice; fifth with strong humeral tubercle, and six 

 strong conical tubercles, extending doAvn declivity; sixth witli seven 

 strong Lonival tubercles, outwardly directed. Sides with depres- 

 sions more defined and arranged in series, the interstices nodulose. 

 Beneath convex ; depressed along suture between first and second 

 segments, basal seginents minutely transversely strigose; fifth 

 segment witli shallow transverse impression at extreme apex. 



/Jiit/r/isions. — 5 21x9 mm. 



Hah. — West Austi'alia, Esperance Bay. Swan River. 



Type in A. M. Lea's collection. 



