10 MK. F. P. PASCOE ON THK CUECULIONID^. 



rower rostrum, and the tubercles on the elytra are much smaller 

 generally, more numerous, and irregularly crowded between the 

 suture and sixth or infrahumeral interstice. 



ScLERORHiNUS ECHINOPS. <S. oblongo-ovatus, niger, in cavitatibus 

 silaceo- et maculatim albo-squamosus ; capite squamis elongatis, 

 fuscis, silaceo-trilineatis, inter oculos paulo excavato ; rostro antice 

 sat fortiter excavato, in medio Isevigato, basi trifoveato ; antennis haiid 

 elongatis ; prothorace transverse, sat confertim granulato, lobis ocii- 

 laribus modice prominulis ; elytris subseriatim tuberculatis, tuberculis 

 mediocribus, basalibus depressis, postieis conicis, singulis setara basi 

 nigram recurvam gerentibus, humeris tuberculatis, apice late rotun- 

 datis ; corpore infra nigro nitido, abdomine in medio silaceo-maculato. 

 Long. 8 lin. 

 Hab. West Australia. 



Of all the named species known to me, I can only compare this 

 to 8. pilularuis, MacLeay, jun. ; but, ioiter alia, it is shorter, the 

 tubercles on the elytra larger and more numerous, and those on the 

 base much depressed. 



ScLERORHiNUS MELiCEPS. S. oblongiis, fuscus, opacus ; capite 

 rostroque squamis angustis et setiformibus laete ochraceis, illo densis- 

 sime, tectis, hoc in medio modice excavato, carina media obsoleta; 

 antennis fuscis ; scapo baud elongato ; oculis minusculis ; prothorace 

 vix transverso, apice basi latitudine fere ajquali, lobis ocularibus sub- 

 prominulis, apice rufo-marginato, granulis numerosis, basi indetermi- 

 natis, singulis setam laete ochraceam gerentibus, munito ; elytris subo- 

 valibus, prothorace paulo latioribus, confertim tuberculatis, tuberculis 

 minusculis, granuliformibus, plurimis aspersis aliis subseriatim dis- 

 positis, apice nitidis et setam Isete ochraceam gerentibus ; abdomine in 

 medio dense silaceo -piloso ; pedibus rufescentibus, sparse pilosis ; 

 tibiis intermediis apice intus emarginatis. Long. 7i lin. 

 Hab. Queensland (Rockhampton). 



This species is remarkable far the numerous small tubercles on 

 the elytra and the notch on the intermediate tibite, which, how- 

 ever, may possibly be only a sexual character. 



Talaurinus victor. T. oblongo-ovatus, niger, in cavitatibus squa- 

 mulis vel squamositate umbrinis vel griseis munitus ; capite setigero- 

 punctato ; rostro crasso, antice profunde excavato, basi biimpresso, 

 carina exteriore ad oculum protensa; clava basi elongato-obconica ; 

 prothorace transverso, utrinque in medio subangulato, granulis majus- 

 culis sejunctim instructo ; elytris prothorace latioribus, pone medium 

 latioribus, basi truncatis, humeris dentatis, apice paulo ampliatis, ad 

 suturam triangulariter productis, ubique granulis ineequalibus sat con- 

 fertim instructis, granulis singulis setam subtdissirnam gerentibus ; cor- 



