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minusciilis numerosis, granulisque intermixtis, instructis, supra irre- 

 gulariter albido-plagiatis, apice sat late rotundatis ; tarsis intermediis 

 posticisque angustis. Long. 7 lin. (rost. incl.)- 

 Hab, King George's Sound. 



The head and prothorax in this species are not unlike those of 

 the preceding ; but the short convex elytra with their numerous 

 tubercles are essentially different. 



Talaurinus tenuipes. (PL II. fig. 2.) T. niger, opacus, lateri- 

 bus aliquando abdomineque niveo-maculatis ; rostro capite angustiore, 

 basi antice in medio bifoveato ; fronte fere obsolete granulata ; funiculo 

 articulis quatuor ultimis rotundatis; clava basi oblongo-obconica ; 

 prothorace transverso, antice dilatato, ante medium latiore, tum ad 

 basin gradatim angustiore, basi ipse quam apice multo angustiore, 

 granulis elevatis subconicis sejunctira muuito ; elytris ovato-cordatis, 

 inasqualiter granulatis, singulis tuberculis conicis in seriebus duabus 

 ordinatis, tuberculo humerali bifido, apicem versus minus granulatis ; 

 pedibus elongatis, gracilibus ; tarsis, praesertim posticis, linearibus, 

 longiusculis. Long. 4-5 lin. 

 Hub, Swan River (Albany). 



The description is made from an individual nearly deprived of 

 scales, but having a shorter and more characteristic prothorax 

 than another individual, vhich has small silaceous scales . on the 

 upper parts and the sides dotted with pure white spots ; the 

 femora and tibisB also are clothed with white scales. This species 

 is allied to T. Tiystricosus. So far as the linear tarsi are concerned, 

 there are intermediate forms which take us back to the very short 

 tarsi of T. rugiceps, MacLeay, jun. 



Talaurinus TESSELLATUS. (PI II fig. 11.) T. oblougo-ovalis, niger, 

 variegatim albido- silaceoque sejunctim squamosus ; rostro antice 

 parum excavato, capite paulo angustiore, cum capite fuseis, vitta grisea 

 supra oculum alteraque in medio, ad apicem rostri divisa, ornatis ; 

 funiculo articulis quatuor ultimis subtriangularibus ; clava basi elon- 

 gato-obconica ; prothorace longitudine vix latiore, lateribus ampliatis, 

 granulis parvis asperso, fusco, dorso vittis tribus albidis ornato ; elytris 

 postice gradatim latioribus, apice subtruncatis, subseriatim granulatis, 

 interstitiis fortiter foveato-impressis, albidis, silaceo-variegatis, sparse 

 fusco tessellato-maculatis ; corpore infra nitide nigro ; abdomine 

 segmento singulo trimaculatim silaceo-squamoso ; mesosterno pro- . 

 minulo ; pedibus nigro-maculatis. Long. 7 Hn- 



Hab. "Western Australia (Champion Bay). 



A species, like many others, lying between Talaurinus and 

 Sclerorhimis ; it may to a certain extent be compared with T. 

 Manglesii. 



