[Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 26 (N.S.) Pt. II., 1914]. 



Akt. XVI II. — Notes on Aniifcterides, vnth Descriptions of 

 New Species. 



[Part T.] 



By EUSTACE W. FERGUSON, M.B., Cii.M. 



[Rea<l '.tth October, 1913.] 



In the present series of papei's it is my intention to contribute 

 from time to time such notes on tlie distril)ution, rehUionship and 

 synonymy of the Australian Amycterids as have come to light too 

 late for inclusion in the formal revision now lieing published in the 

 Proceedings of tlie Linnean Society of New South Wales. In re- 

 vising a group so difficult in many ways as the ground weevils. 

 one finds as the work progresses many facts becoming evident which 

 ■often throw new liirlit on obscure or neglected features in portions 

 ■of the work already publislied. Also as it became generally known 

 that I was engaged on the group, collectors from various parts of 

 Australia have sent me specimens for identification; in tliis 

 way a large amount of material has passed tlirough my hands, 

 and new species have accumulated. 



In the present paper appear the descriptions of some new species, 

 belonging chiefl}" to Psalidura and Talaurinus. I had also hoped 

 to include some notes on the species of Amycterides found in Vic- 

 toria, Init having recently received a good deal more material form 

 Victoria. T have not yet been able to examine it all thoroughly, and 

 must postpone this part of the papei-. It may be said, however, 

 that though a good numlier of species liave now been described 

 from Victoria, but little is knoAvn about many of them; even some 

 •of the commoner species have been only lately described. Of the 

 fauna of many of the mountain ranges of Victoria, the habitat, pai 

 excellence, of Fsaliduxi and Talnurinus, practically nothing is 

 known, and, as species are often strictly local, systematic collect- 

 ing of the mountain districts will probably bring many new species 

 to liglit. 



PsALiDUHA ^rIRA, var. edenensis, n. var. 



^ Of size, form and structure of mira, differing in the abdom- 

 inal fascicles, being broader and more widely separated. 

 Dimensions. — J' 21 x 8 mm. 

 Ifab.—y.^. Wales, Eden (H. J. Carter). 



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