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declivous behind ; sides subparallel ; base suljcireularly eiiiarg 



inate ; shoulders projecting forwE 



short, thick, truncate 



mate; snouiuers piu|ci;uiug iuiwrii^. i.. .. .j..v,l., „„-.„,^ 



tubercle; apex rounded, without sinuosity or projections near 

 suture ; striie very uneven, having along their course veiy small 

 setigerous granules ; dorsal interstices regular, formed of separate 

 large shining unisetigerous granules, these becoming more 

 prominent and conical on posterioi'-half of elytra. Metasternuni 

 flat. First ventral segment lightly and widely hollowed in 

 middle ; second flat in middle ; apical segment longer than two 

 preceding ones together, deeply and subcircularly excavate, the 

 excavation regular, without sinuosities or rugosities, sparingly 

 clothed with short erect seta; ; apex of pygidium thick, lightly 

 emarginate ; a short tuft of reddisli hair on each side of the anal 

 aperture. 



Length, 16i ; breadth, 11 mm. 



Female. — Differing from male in having the prothorax wider and 

 less narrowed to base ; the elytra more parallel, less dilatate on 

 sides, less roundly declivous and more flattened behind. Under- 

 surface differing from male as in T. regtdaris, SI. 

 Length, 16^ ; breadth, 11 mm. 



Tts narrower form, greater convexity, and the less conical 

 o-ranules of the elytra, serve to distinguish it from T. regularis ; 

 while its smaller size, and the less parallel and more convex form 

 of its elytra readily separate it from T. (equalis, SI. From T. 

 solidus, SI., its smaller size, narrower and more convex form, and 

 the stronger and more regular granulation of the interstices of 

 the elytra, together with the fewer scales of the dorsal surface, 

 help to distinguish it. 



Jlahitat. — Everard Range, &c., May-June. 



Talaurinus equalis, n. «;;. 



Oblong, subparallel, elytra flattened on disc ; prothorax granul- 

 ate; elytra striate, the interstices granulate. Black, the granules, 

 shining ; spaces between the granules on prothorax without 

 scales, on elytra sparsely filled with fine cinereous scales, these 

 thickly-set and forming a stripe along anterior part of lateral 

 margin ; under-surface with cinerous scales down middle of 

 ventral segments. 



Rostrum short, excavate, without internal ridges, transversely 

 impressed at base between external ridges, these setigero- 

 puuctate. Head broad, convex; front with short decumbent 

 setas ; occiput with fuscous scales along margin of prothorax. 



Jfa^e.—Prothorax a little broader than long (4 x 6^ mm.), 

 lightly convex transversely, lightly rounded on sides, widest 

 before the middle; disc hardly at all convex longitudinally; 

 anterior margin strongly sinuate, middle rounded and projecting 



