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Talaihims al.\ti(;oh\is, n. sji. 

 (? Small, elongate, subpaiallel. Black, densely clothed with 

 grey and silvery subsetose puljesconce (hardly scales), the prothorax 

 trivittate, the elytra obscurely maculate; the head densely clothed 

 -nith yellow. Setae light brown. 



Head convex, separately so from rostrum, forehead obliquely 

 rugulose on each side near base of rostrum; external rostral ridges 

 not raised, the margins of dorsum divergent posteriorly with feel)ly 

 sinuous outline; internal ridges prominent, little convergent, 

 oblicjuely rugulosely punctate; median area moderately depressed 

 between internal ridges, the middle feebly raised and subcarinate 

 Serobes rather strongly curved. Antennae with scape rather short, 

 strongly and sinuously curved backwards, incrassate and dilatate 

 towards extremity, the innermost portion narrow, forming short 

 peduncle. Protliorax (.j.o x 4.5 mm.) moderately and evenly 

 rounded on sides, apical margin rather feebly prf)duced aljove, 

 ocular lobes feeble; disc closely set with small depressed setigerous 

 granules, for the most part rounded, but in the baso-lateral quad- 

 rants of disc showing feeble tendency to run in transversely curved 

 row's. Elytra (8x5 mm.) elongate, little widened, base feebly 

 arcuate, humeri marked, slightly advanced; with rows of small shallow 

 transverse foveae obscured by clothing, alternate interstices slightly 

 raised, feebly granulate but strongly setigerous in single series, 

 ■occasionally duplicated, second and fourth interstices not raised, 

 marked by feeble row of setae. Beneath without median vitta, with 

 obsolete scattered setigerous punctures, fifth segment depressed in 

 middle two-fourths, the depression bounded on each side by a 

 strong carina extending from the anterior margin a little more 

 than half the length of the segment. Legs simple. 



$ Similar to c? , but more ovate in outline, transverse arrange- 

 ment of prothoracic granules more evident, beneath gently convex, 

 without- depression on fifth segment. 



Ditnensio7is. — c? 13 x 5; J 12 x 4.5 nnu. 



//«/>.— N.S. Wales, Garah (S. D. Webb), .\Ioree (A. M. Lea); 

 S. Queensland, Darling Downs (Lau.). 



Closely allied to T. clnriconiift, but readily distinguished by the 

 prothoracic granules smaller, not flattened or tessellated as in that 

 species. 



Talaurinus vitticoi.lis, n. sp. 

 2 (General facies that of 7'. t/riseiis, Macl. Black, opaijue; 

 a-atlier sparsely clothed with exceedingly minute, <lark subt^etoKe 



