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very lightly al)OYe head ; base truncate ; granules closely placed, 

 round, unequal, separate, unisetigerous, extending on sides to 

 near coxie. Elytra oval (llj x 7| mm.), subparallel (lighted 

 rounded) on sides, widest a little behind middle, very little 

 narrowed to shoulders, strongly declivous behind ; disc depressed 

 hardly convex transversely, and not at all so longitudinally ; 

 base lightly emarginate ; the shoulders advanced in a strong sul)- 

 truncate tuberculiform projection ; apex wide, without sinuosity 

 or projections near suture ; dorsal striaj formed of numerous 

 depressions with a small setigerous granule between each ; dorsal 

 interstices closely-set with small setigerous tubercles becoming 

 stronger and more conical towards apex ; tubercles of second 

 and fourth insterstices stronger and wider apart, those of third 

 more confused. Ventral segments witli lateral impressions 

 almost obsolete ; lii'st segment Hat, hardly the least hollowed-out 

 between posterior coxie ; second flat ; apical segment a little 

 longer than two preceding ones together, deeply excavate, 

 the excavation extending for full length of segment, parallel sided, 

 evenly and regularly rounded at bottom ; the posterior lateral 

 tufts of reddish hair weakly developed. Legs light ; femora, 

 cylindrical, anterior without a ridge on lower side. 



Length, 18 ; breadth, 7| mm. 



Female. — Only differing from the male Ijy having the elytra 

 flatter with less marked sculpture. The apical ventral segment 

 with a large round foveiform excavation in the middle (pro- 

 thorax, 5 X 5f mm.; elytra, 12 x 8 nun.). 



Length, 19 ; breadth, 8 mm. 



This species differs from T. regtdaris, SL, by its more elongate 

 and depressed form, and by the elytra in both sexes being far 

 less dilatate on the sides. The granules on the interstices of the 

 elytra are not tuberculiform, except towards the apex, and then 

 far less strongly so than in T. regidaris. From T. llelmsi, SI., 

 its much flatter dorsal surface, larger size, and less regularly 

 sculptured elytra readily distinguish it. Compared with T. 

 solidus, SI., it is of lighter and more parallel form, with flatter 

 and more regularly sculptured elytra, and with hardly any scales 

 on the dorsal surface. 



Talaurinus erassieeps, ». ^v- 



Male. — Elongate, narrow ; head (with rostrum) short and 

 thick ; prothorax short, thickly granulate ; elytra foveo-striate, 

 the interstices finely granulate ; legs very long and light. Black, 

 cavities of prothorax and elytra thickly-set with cinerous scales ; 

 sides of jaws, head, prothorax, and elytra, together with the 

 metasternum and sides of ventral segments, sprinkled with white 

 scales ; femora covered with white scales, liecoming verv thick 



