BY W. MACLEAY, JUN., ESQ. 247 



parvis distantibus antice transversira valde impresso, elytris 

 seriatim rude punctatis intei'stitiis tuberculatis tuberculis 

 parvis acutis setigeris alternis tuberculis distantibus 

 lateribus albido-maculatis. 



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



Hab. Lower Murrumbidgee. 



The species is very densely covered with cinereous scales, in- 

 clining to white on the sides. The head has a smooth central 

 line extending from the apex of the rostrum to the vertex. The 

 thorax is thinly covered with setigerous nodules, a space on the 

 medial line and on each side being nearly free from them, and 

 has a deep tranverse impression near the anterior margin. The 

 elytra are coarsely punctured in rows with the interstices tuber- 

 culated, the first and third interstices consisting of only four oi"" 

 five distant tubercles of somewhat larger size than the others. 



4. — SCLERORINUS ALTERNU3. 



Oblongo-ellipticus subangustus niger confertim cinereo- 

 squamosus, rostro fronteque linea lasvi carinatis, thorace 

 tuberculato tuberculis parvis distantibus antice subleviter 

 transversim impresso, elytris seriatim rude punctatis inter- 

 stitiis tuberculatis tuberculis parvis acutis setigei'is alternis 

 distanter tuberculatis apice breviter mucronatis. 



Long. 6| lin., lat. 2 lin. 

 Hab. Wagga Wagga. 



This insect is narrower than the last — is not quite so thickly 

 covered with scales — and has the apex of the elytra slightly 

 mucronate. In other respects the two species are almost identical. 



5. SCLERORINUS ADELAIDE. 



Oblongo-ellipticus niger confertim cinereo-squamosus, rostro 

 fronteque medio carinatis, vertice utrinque fusco-squamoso, 

 thorace subplano crebre tuberculato tuberculis hemisphae- 

 ricis setigeris, elytris subplanis rude seriatim punctatis 

 interstitio prime tri- vel quadri-tuberculato secuudo seriatim 



