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showing out distinctly, excepting on the apical half. The head 

 and thorax resemble those of the last species. The elytra are 

 not mucronate. 



In this instance also I have no indication of the exact habi- 

 tat. 



28. — Talaurtnds verrucosus. Boisd. 

 Amycterus verrucosus. Boisd. Voy. de I'Astrol. II., p. 372. 



" N'iger oblongus, thorace granulifero tuberculato, elytris undi- 



que seriatim verracoso-tuberculatis." Boisduval. 

 Long. 12 lin., lat. 4| lin. 

 Hab. Argyle, New South Wales. 



The insect which I find labelled A. verrucosus, Boisd., in the 

 MacLeay collection, could never be identified with certainty from 

 the above description. The forehead is slightly and the rostrum 

 much excavated in the middle. The thorax is rather thinly 

 covered with warty looking tubercles. The elytra are sharply 

 mucronated, and are covered with strong pointed tubercles 

 irregularly disposed, the intervals being coarsely punctured and 

 granulate. The male has the anal ventral segment slightly 

 excavated in front, with another and deep excavation behind, 

 and a small tubercle on each side of it. The female has a short 

 deep transverse " sulcus " near the posterior part of the same 

 segment, mth a tubercle immediately behind it. 



This species indicates an approach to the insects now forming 

 the genus Amycterus. 



29. — Talaurinus ttpicus. 



Oblongo-ellipticus niger parce squamosus, antennis crassis, 

 capite brevi, thorace tuberculato tuberculis seta brevi in- 

 structis, elytris undique subseriatim verrucoso-tuberculatis 

 apice breviter mucronatis. 



Long. 9 lin., lat. 3 lin. 



Hab. Argyle, New South Wales. 



The head is very short, while the rostrum is comparatively 



