22 E. W. Ferguson. 



Sdcrorinits tacniatns, Pasc. — Type is a male, and the same 

 as S. stczvarti, Macl. 



Opctiopteryx frigida, Blackb. — Vide infra. 

 Portion of the Amycterides of the Hope Collection (Oxford) 

 were at the British Museum, and I was able to examine the types 

 of the following species : — 



Acantholophiis hystrix, Bohem. — As identified in Australia. 



Hyborrhynchus coenos^is, Bohem. — As identified in Aus- 

 tralia ?. 



Cubic orrhynchus bohcmanni, Bohem. — As identified in Aus- 

 tralia 2. 



Cubic orrhynchus scotobioides, Hope M.S.^C. bohemanni c7 



Talauriniis westwoodi, Bohem. = T. biiccphahis, Oliv. 



Talaurinus gyllenhaUi, Hope M.S.^ T. biiccphalus, Oliv. 



Talaurinus excavatus, Bohem. = T. rugifcr, Boisd. 



Talaurinus semispinosus, Bohem. — As identified in Aus- 

 tralia. 



Talaurinus pastillarins, Bohem. = T. semispinosus, Bohem.. 

 It is doubtful whether this specimen is the type. 



Talaurinus rod, Bohem. — T. funereiis, Pasc. is a synonym. 



Sclcrorrhinella manglesi, Bohem. — As identified in Aus- 

 tralia. 



Opetiopteryx frigida, Blackb. 



Blackburn, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales, vii., 1892, pp. 125, 126;.. 



I am unable to follow Blackburn in placing this species aniong^: 

 the Amycterides. The general facies is much more like Poly- 

 phradcs, and the shape of the rostrum and scrobes quite unlike 

 any Amycterid. The tarsal joints are much more expanded than' 

 in any Amycterid known to me, and the funicle is 7-jointed. 



The species must be rejected from the Amycterides, but its 

 position is doubtful. Possibly it is allied to Bothynorrhynchus,. 

 which was placed by Lacordaire in the Somatodides. 



Phalidura affinis, n.sp. 



Closely allied to P. elongata, Macl., but with more widely 

 separated fascicles. 



(? Black; moderately densely clothed with minute yellowish- 

 brown subpubescence, feebly variegate with grey; setae yellowish- 

 brown. 



Head and rostrum as in P. elongata; the internal dorsal rostral 

 ridges slightly more prominent, and the median area feebly car- 



