BY W. MAOLEAY, JUN., ESQ. 237 



Long. 12 lin., lat. 4 lin. 



Hab. Swan River. 

 The insect, which I believe to be the " rugifer " of Boisduval, 

 has the " rosti-um profunde canaliculatum," but not the head as 

 mentioned in Dr. Boisduval's description. 



43.— Talaurinus simillimus. 



Oblongo-ellipticus niger in cavitatibus cinereo-squamosus, rostro 

 valde excavato basi utrinque tuberculato, vertice utrinque 

 nigro-squamoso, thorace confertim tuberculato, elytris 

 bifariam rude foveatis interstitiis costatis. 



Long. 10| lin., lat. 3i lin. 



Hab. Merimbula, New South Wales. 



This scarcely differs from the last described species. It is 

 less elongated in form, less granose upon the " costas " of the 

 elytra, and has the third or lateral rib less distinct. It wants 

 also the depression in the medial line of the thorax of T. rugifer. 

 The top of the head is marked with two spots of black scales. 

 Another point of difference is, that the tooth on the inside of the 

 anterior thighs, which in T. rugifer is near the base, is in this 

 species near the middle. 



44. — Talaurinus foveatus. 



Oblongo-ellipticus niger parce cinereo-squamosus, rostro valde 

 excavato basi oblique tuberculato, thorace confertim tuber- 

 culato linea dorsali obsolete impresso, elytris profunde 

 bifariam foveatis interstitiis costatis apice breviter mucro- 

 natis. 



Long. 11 lin., lat. 4 lin. 



Hab. N. E. Coast, New Holland. 



This species differs from the last two chiefly in having the 

 thorax more coarsely punctured, the elytra more deeply foveate 

 with the apex mucronate, and in having no tooth on the anterior 

 thighs. 



My description is taken from a single specimen labelled N. E. 

 Coast, in the late Mr. MacLeay's collection. 



