16 MR. F. P. PASCOE OK THE CUKCULTOKID.E. 



Talaurinus geniculatus. T. oblongo-ovalis, niger, squamis gjriseis 

 silaceisque variegatus ; capite granulato ; rostro brevi, antice parum 

 excavato, triangulariter impresso, triangulo utrinque albo-marginato ; 

 prothorace modiee transverso, apice quam basi augustiore, remote 

 granulato, griseo, supra vittis duabus silaceis omato ; elytris breviter 

 ovatis, basi paulo depressis, humeris tuberculatis, tenuiter striato- 

 punctatis, interstitiis elevato-granulatis, antevius granulis minoribus 

 depressis, posterius et lateraliter majoribus conicis, dorso griseis, sub- 

 vittatim silaceo-variegatis, lateribiis albis ; pedibus albido-squamosis, 

 femoribus apice nigris. Long. 8 lin. 

 Hab. West Australia. 



Allied to T. Manglesii, Boh., but differently coloured, with 

 shorter more depressed elytra, smaller granules at the base, and 

 much fewer posteriorly. 



Talaurinus lemmus. T. ovatus, niger, plagiatim griseo-squamosus ; 

 rostro brevi, in medio fortiter anguste sulcato, sulco basi bifurcato ; 

 clava antennarum funiculo vix crassiore, basi elongato-obconica; 

 prothorace transverso, utrinque rotundato, basi quam apice parum 

 angustiore, supra sparse granulato, vittis tribus griseis omato ; elytris 

 subcordatis, humeris dentato-productis, seriatim profunde foveatis, 

 transversim parce granulatis, apicibus paulo divaricatis, supra plagis 

 griseis notatis, lateribus sejunetim albido-squamosis ; corpore infra 

 nitide nigro. Long. 4 lin. 



Hah. Western Australia. 



In appearance like T. spinosus, MacLeay, jun., but the elytra 

 rather granulate than tuberculate, and a totally different rostrum. 



Talaurinus pupa. T. ovatus, niger, fere esquamosus, capite ros- 

 troque granulatis, hoc magis rugoso, in medio paulo, apice fortiter 

 excavato, fronte sulco V-formi impresso ; antennis nitide nigris, clava 

 latiore ; prothorace transverso, utrinque rotundato, basi quam apice 

 parum latiore, supra sat confertim fortiter granulato, lateribus tuber- 

 culatis ; elytris subcordatis, humeris dentato-productis, seriatim 

 conico-tuberculatis, sed regione suturali granulis parvis instructis, 

 lateribus albido-maculatis ; corpore infra nitide nigro. Long 4 lin. 

 Hab. West Australia. 



AUied to the preceding, but nearly without scales above, and 

 the elytra tuberculate. In two females, which are considerably 

 broader than the males, there is an indistinct whitish stripe on 

 each side of the prothorax. 



Talaurinus cariosus. T. elongato-ovatus, squamulis minutispaxce 

 adspersus ; rostro longiore, in medio valde excavato, basi subtiliter 

 transversim sulcato; funiculo articulis subpyriformibus ; clava basi 



