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Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr. 1910. 



portion of prothorax , sides feebly dilated to beyond the middle, 

 apex widely rounded ; with rows of large and fairly deep punctures, 

 sometimes transversely confluent ; with rows of conspicuous gra- 

 nules, each having a distinct setiferous puncture ; the interspaces 

 also with granules. Length (excluding rostrum) 15 — 16^/2 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland (Entomological Society). 



A stout species ; both specimens before me evidently females. 

 At first sight it appears to belong to Talaurinus, but the rostrum 

 is without median carinae. The outline and build are much as 

 in a species I have doubtfully identified as tessellatus , but the 

 clothing is denser, the granules larger and more numerous, and 

 the rostrum wider, etc. 



The elytral granules on the interstices (where they are 

 usually in Single rows, although occasionally irregulär) are some- 

 what smaller than those on the prothorax, whilst those between 

 the interstices are still smaller. The apex has a double row of 

 small granules. 



Although the locality "Queensland" is given , so many of 

 the specimens belonging to the Society were labelled Queensland 

 in error, that I am very doubtful as to whether this species really 

 came from there , more especially as the genus Sclerorrhinus is 

 very sparsely represented in Queensland. S. meliceps , from that 

 State, appears to be a smaller species, with paler antennae and 

 legs, the latter having the middle tibiae notched near apex. 



T alaurinu s orthodo.rus n. sp. 



cf. Black. With small and depressed black scales and 

 depressed black setae. 



Head with a feeble longitudinal impression in front, marking 

 the middle of a shallow depression. Rostrum almost as wide as 

 head ; with a wide shallow median Channel , increasing in width 

 to apex ; towards each side with an oblique groove, rather shallow 

 in front , but deep and open behind. Scape fairly stout and 

 almost straight. Prothorax rather wide and flat , sides rather 

 strongly rounded ; with large, round, somewhat depressed granules 

 or small tubercles , larger and sparser at about one third from 

 apex than elsewhere. Elytra not twice as long as their greatest 

 width, disc somewhat flattened ; with rows of rather large, but 

 shallow punctures ; suture very feebly granulated and only poste- 

 riorly ; second interstice with a row of very obtuse tubercles 

 (appearing like a feeble interrupted ridge) from near base to just 

 beyond the middle ; third with a more distinct and longer row, 

 but also towards the base appearing like a feeble interrupted 

 ridge ; fourth with from three to five small tubercles , fifth and 



