246 THE GENEEA AND SPECIES OF AMYCTERID^, 



vittatis, elytris rude punctatis granulatis tuberculatis 

 tuberculis conicis rufls setigeris subseriatis distantibus 

 sutura lateribusque albido-vittatis, corpore subtus medio 

 flavo-squamoso lateraliter albido. 



Long. 8 lin., lat. 3 lin. 



Hab. Lower Mui'rumbidgee. 



The dimensions given above apply to tlie female, the male is 

 in every way smaller. I have given the species the name of exilis, 

 as all the specimens which I captured last winter on the Murrum- 

 bidgee, appeared to have their elytra, and indeed their whole 

 body of a papery texture, which readily became crushed on 

 pressure, and gave the appearance of perfect emptiness to the 

 body. The texture however, throughout, is less hard in this 

 genus than in the others of the sub-family. I found my speci- 

 mens under, or in the chinks of, small dry pieces of salt bush, 

 (Atriplex) on the plains near Burrabogie. 



2. — SCLERORINUS ANGDSTUS. 



Oblongo-ellipticus niger dense cinereo-squamosus, fronte sub- 

 excavata, thorace sparsim tuberculato tuberculis parvis 

 subconicis flavo-setigeris dorso lateribusqu^e subvittatis, 

 elytris rude punctatis granulatis tuberculatis tuberculis 

 conicis rufis setigeris subseriatis distantibus lateribus albidis. 



Long. 7| lin., lat. 2| lin. 



Hab. Lower Murrumbidgee. 



This species differs from the last in being more thickly cover- 

 ed with cinereous scales, and in having less white on it. The 

 rostrum also is less distinctly carinated, and the forehead on 

 each side is a little excavated. The " seta3 " on the thorax are 

 pale yellow, whereas in the last species they were black. 



My only specimen seems to be a male, it is considerably 

 narrower than the male of S. exilis. 



3. — SCLERORINDS RlVERIN^. 



Oblongo-ellipticus niger confertissime cinereo-squamosus, rostro 

 fronteque linea leevi carinatis, thorace tuberculato tuberculis 



