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SOMIC NEW SPECIBS OF COLEOPTEUA, 



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Note. — N. retufita Boisd.:— The black markings on the elytra 

 are very variable; I have one specimen with a l)road black fascia; 

 another with merely the lateral and lunar markings described by 

 [verreraans in N. lunaris, and corresponding with his description. 

 Other specimens show intermediate markings. If I am correct in 

 this identification of N. lunaris Kerr., I cannot consider this 

 species of more than varietal importance. 



Adelium Coxi, n.sp. 



Ovate, slightly convex, dark bronze above and below, moder- 

 ately nitid; antennse and tarsi reddish, the latter clothed beneath 

 with golden tomentum. 



Head closely and coarsely punctate (rugose on the vertex), 

 epistomal suture cii'cular, antennae robust, joint 3 scarcely as long 

 as 4 and a combined, apical four joints oval, and of lighter colour 

 than the preceding. Prothorax arcuate, emar- 

 ginate at apex, truncate at base, sides widely 

 I'ounded, widest behind middle, gently and 

 arcuately converging in front, more abruptly 

 and sinuately behind, all angles obtuse, posterior 

 widely so, l)ut defined (about 130°), with smooth 

 border narrowly raised throughout, lateral mar- 

 gins somewhat explanate Imt scarcely differen- 

 tiated in sculpture, or separated from disc, the 

 latter without medial line, closely, not very 

 finely rugosely punctate, with a few larger punc- 

 tures on anterior and some depressions on pos- 

 terior part. Scatelhim small, globular and 

 finely punctate. Elytra oval, wider than pro- 

 thorax at base and sharply rounded at apex, 

 w ith nine lines of punctures, the last on sides, unseen from above; 

 the punctures in series unequal in size, frequently confluent and 

 elongate, those in the lateral row large, close and equal, alternate 

 intervals forming smooth costte, the first two wide and little 

 i-aised, the last two more sharply raised and wavy, the suture also 

 subcostate at apex. iSternum and abdomen smooth and glossy, 

 the last segment of the latter finely punctate, intercoxal process 

 entire, widely oval. Dimensions: 10-11 x 4-46 mm. 



A. Coxi, n.sp. 



