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oblongo-obconica ; prothorace longiore quam latiore, subcylindrico, 

 antice in medio profunde longitudinaliter, ad latera transversim 

 et pone medium irregulariter transversim sulcato, sulcis minori- 

 bus basin versus longitudinaliter impresso ; elytris ovalibus, pro- 

 thorace ubique paulo latioribus, nodulosis, cavitatibus foveiformibus, 

 humeris baud prominulis ; corpora infra tenuiter remote punctulato. 

 Long, 5-6 lin. 

 Hab. West Australia. 

 Mr. MacLeay would probably arrange this species in his fourth 



section " Foveati ; " the elytra, however, are neither granulate or 



tuberculate, and are without a trace of setse. 



Talaurinus capito. (PI. II. fig. 7.) T. fusco-niger, opacus, 

 sparse setosus ; capite magno ; rostro brevi, ad apicem capite latiore, 

 antice vix excavato, linea impressa spatia duo ovata in medio 

 includente ; oculis parvis ; antennis validis ; funiculo articulis duobus 

 basalibus longiusculis, cseteris subobconicis, ultimo longiore ; clava 

 basi oblongo-obconica ; prothorace latitudine vix longiore, basi quam 

 apice angustiore, in medio utrinque subangulato, ubique confertim 

 granulato ; elytris obovatis, seriatim foveatis, interstitiis transversim 

 conferte granulatis, apice rotundatis ; corpore infra setis numerosis 

 appressis munito ; tarsis modice dilatatis. Long. 9 lin. (rost. 

 incl.). 

 Hab. Champion Bay. 

 Eemarkable for the large size of the head, and the regularity 



of the sculpture ; T. angustatus, MacLeay, jun., has a similarly 



marked rostrum. 



Talaurinus l^vicollis. (PI. II. fig. 8.) T. ovatus, niger, sub 

 nitidus, esquamosus ; capite rostroque disperse subtiliter punctatis, 

 hoc longiore, ad apicem latiore, in medio oblique bicarinato ; anten- 

 nis setosis J funiculo articulis quatuor ultimis valde transversis ; clava 

 breviter elliptica ; prothorace transverso, utrinque rotundato, supra 

 Isevigato, subtilissime remote punctulato, lateribus obsolete granulato ; 

 elytris ovato-cordatis, basi prothorace in medio latioribus, profunde 

 et grosse foveatis, foveis magnis, inaequalibus, apice parum productis ; 

 corpore infra nigro, impunctato, segmentis singulis in medio macula 

 pallida ochracea ornatis. Long. 7 lin- 

 Hab. Victoria. 

 This species has no relationship to any of the three species of 



the Foveati group described by Mr. MacLeay, jun. It seems to 



be the only species of Amycterinae with a smooth prothorax. 



The rostrum is marked in a manner not unlike T. Mastersii, 



MacLeay, jun. 



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