320 NEW SPECIES OF AMYCTERIDiE, 



ampliato tuberculato tuberculis liemispliasricis, elytris ru- 

 goso-punctatis granulatis subseriatim tuberculatis tuber- 

 culis posticis validis conicis apice subtiliter mucronatis. 

 Long. 9 1 lin., lat. 3| lin. 

 Hab. King George's Sound. 

 The head in this species is broad, flat, and closely covered 

 with hemispherical tubercles. The rostrum also is very broad 

 and short, with the oblique ridges scarcely traceable in front, and 

 terminating behind in rounded tubercles, as in the rostrum of 

 some species of Psalidura. The thoi^ax is rather broader than 

 long, is rounded at the sides, and is covered with hemispherical 

 tubercles. 



The elytra are covered with irregular rows of punctures, 

 granules and tubercles, the latter are rather strong and conical 

 posteriorly. The apex of the elytra is broadly rounded and 

 minutely mucronate. Spots of white scales are traceable on 

 the upper surface. The male is more strongly tuberculated 

 than the female, and has a transverse depression on the anterior 

 portion of the thorax. 



Talaurinds caviceps. 



Oblongo-ellipticus niger cinereo-squamosus, capite cxcavato 

 fronte medio carinato, thorace parce tuberculato tuberculis 

 nitidis hemisphEericis, elytris subseriatim punct~atis granu- 

 latis tuberculatis granulis tuberculisque nitidis hemisphEericis 

 setigeris setis nigris apice mucronatis. 

 Long. 11 lin., lat. 4j lin. 

 Hab. Port Lincoln. 

 The affinity of this insect is to T. scahrcsus. The head and 

 rostrum are much excavated. The oblique ridges of the latter 

 are small and much lower than the lateral walls. The forehead 

 has a narrow longitudinal ridge in the centre. The thorax is 

 covered with cinereous scales, and thinly scattered black glossy 

 hemispherical tubercles. The elytra are also covered with 

 cinereous scales, rather thinly interspersed with glossy hemis- 

 pherical granules and tubercles, each armed with a short black 

 seta. The sides of the elytra are whitish, and the apex is 



