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.granules more tubereiilifonn, giving the dorsal interstices asome- 

 wliat serrate appearance posteriorly. 



Talaurinus solidus, «. yx 

 -Head rostrum, prothorax (5^ x 6J mm), and under- 

 any decided difference from T. regularis, 



Female.- 

 ■surface j"iot otferintj 



female. Elytra o\'ate (1;3 x 8i imn.), widest behind middle, 

 lightly rounded on sides, a little narrowed to base, strongly 

 declivous behind, lightly convex transversely, very lightly so 

 longitudinally ; disc rather depi-essed, base lightly emarginate ; 

 shoulders advanced in a thick prominent tubercle ; dorsal inter- 

 stices closely-set for whole length with setigerous granules, these 

 becoming tuberculiform on posterior declivity ; granules of first 

 interstice small, round, evenly placed, of second and fourth larger 

 than those of other interstices, of third placed in a double row, 

 except near apex, of lifth double near jniddle of length. 



Length, 20 ; breadth, 8| mm. 



llahitat. — Westward to Everard liange. May, June, 1891. 



Two female specimens. Closely allied to T. regularis, 81. The 

 following differences may be noted. The elytra more convex, 

 less dilatate on sides, their sculpture more confused ; the granules 

 larger, flatter, more unevenly shaped, those of second and fourth 

 interstices decidedly larger than those of others ; fifth and sixth 

 interstices almost straight, not deflexed posteriorly. In 

 T. regularis the fifth interstice displays a decided convexity in 

 its course, and the course of the sixth is also lightly convex. 



Talaurinus Helmsi, n. .^p. 



Oblong-elliptical, subparallel ; prothorax granulate; elytra 

 striate, the interstices granulate. Black, the granules shining ; 

 the spaces between the granules sparingly tilled with fine 

 cinereous scales, these thicker on elytra and forming a stripe 

 alo)ig their margin ; head with darker scales, a few cinereous 

 scales in middle and on each side above eyes; under-surface with 

 a vitta of cinereous scales (not hair) down middle. 



Rostrum short, excavate, without internal ridges, transversely 

 impressed at base between external ridges, these setigero-punctate. 

 Head broad, convex; occiput clothed with a thick velvety pile ; 

 front with short decumbent setsB. Antennas long, slender. 



Male., — Prothorax rather narrow (4J x 5 mm.), lightly dilatate 

 on sides, widest rather before the middle, lightly convex trans- 

 versely, hardly at all so longitudinally; anterior margin strongly 

 sniuate, middle rounded, but hardly projecting above head ; base 

 truncate ; granules unequal, round, separate, unisetigerous, ex- 

 tending on sides to near coxre. Elytra oval (11 x 6f mm.), 

 widest rather behind middle, a little narrowed to shoulders, very 



