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Talaurinus molossus. T. oblongus, niger, nitidus ; capite rostroque 

 brevibus, sparse punctulatis, illo lato, hoc paulo angustiore, carinis 

 intermediis brevibus, coujunctis, baud prominulis ; scapo pone oculum 

 baud protenso ; clava parva, subelliptica ; protboraee subtransverso, 

 ampliato, utrinque fortiter rotundato, granulis majusculis sat confer- 

 tim munito ; etytris pone medium paulo latioribus, humeris tubercu- 

 latis, apice subrotundatis, ad suturara perparum divaricatis, seriatim 

 tuberculatis et granulatis, squamulis minutis in cavitatibus munitis, 

 tuberculis nonnullis oblongis, vel ad basin transversis, plurimis conicis, 

 ad latera insequaliter granulatis ; abdomine segmentis tribus ultimis 

 squamis maculatini notatis. Long. 9 lin. 

 Hab. West Australia. 



A robust species, with a short scape and small antennse, whose 

 immediate affinities are not obvious. The tubercles on the elytra 

 are thus disposed : the second interstice has five, mostly oblong, 

 tubercles; the third has from fourteen to sixteen, extending from 

 the base, whei-e they are somewhat transverse, to the apex, the 

 fourth three, the fifth or humeral twelve, but three or four of the 

 posterior only are conical ; the outer row has nine or ten mostly 

 rounded tubercles or large granules ; the first or sutural interstice 

 is also rather roughly granulate. 



Talaurinus melanopsis. T. oblongo-subovatus, niger, nitidus, 

 supra esquamosus, granulis tuberculisque, singulis setam ainutam ge- 

 rentibus, confertim munitus ; capite antice fortiter granulate ; rostro 

 brevissimo, crasso, modice excavato, pone apicem sulco /^-formi im- 

 presso, basi inter carinas utrinque granule unico notato ; antennis 

 gracilibus ; prothoi'ace transverso, lateraliter rotundato, sat confertim 

 granulato, lobis ocularibus obsoletis ; elytris ovalibus, in medio latiori- 

 bus, basi subtruncatis, humeris calloso-productis, seriatim tubercu- 

 latis, regione scutellari granulatis, tuberculis conicis, versus apicem 

 manifeste minoribus ; corpore infra sparse nigro-setoso, in medio 

 setis lougitudinaliter condensatis ; pedibus piceis. Long. 6 lin. 

 Hab. West Australia. 



The angular transverse groove just behind the apex of the very 

 short rostrum, followed by a corresponding elevation, which is 

 formed by the union of the two inner oblique carinae, differenti- 

 ates this species from any of its section among the tuberculate 

 species of Talaurinus. 



Talaurinus simulator. T. oblongo-ovatus, niger, nitidus, supra 

 granulis tuberculisque majusculis, squamulam minutam gerentibus, con- 

 fertim munitus ; capite fere Isevigato ; rostro crasso, fortiter excavato, 

 basi profunde bifoveato ; antennis crassioribus ; protboraee minus 



