BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 235 



AdOTELA ATRONITENS, n.Sp. 



5. — Vei-y shining black, as if varnished ; lasvigate. Head 

 smooth, convex ; clypeus with a setigerous puncture on each side, 

 the lateral foveas obsolete ; clypeal suture distinct ; vertex with a 

 very faint transverse impression behind ; the pre-ocular promin- 

 ences small ; eyes not prominent, not inclosed behind, sides of the 

 head not swollen behind the eyes. Antennae submoniliform ; 

 apical joint short, with the apex rounded. Labrum very slightly 

 emarginate, median impression light. Prothorax a little broader 

 than long (4| x 5 mm.), very convex, declivous behind, truncate in 

 front and behind, widest about the middle, very slightly rounded 

 on the sides, a little narrowed in front, lightly narrowed to the 

 base ; anterior angles not advanced ; marginal border narrow, 

 hardly sinuate before the base, entire on the base ; the basal 

 angles right angles ; the median line very lightly marked, crossed 

 in front and behind by lightly marked transverse impressions. 

 Elytra transversely oval (9 x 5f mm.), very convex, smooth, 

 rounded at the shoulders, strongly declivous to the peduncle ; apex 

 broadly rounded ; sides short, almost parallel, the lateral margins 

 narrow, wider behind ; one marginal puncture on each side, behind 

 the shoulders, as in Promecoderus ; towards the apex the elytra 

 rather undulate near the margin, among the undulations three 

 impressed points on each side ; a faint puncture on each elytron 

 near the base. Venti-al segments, except the apical, with two 

 punctures towards the middle and no lateral foveas ; the last 

 segment transversely rugose, with two punctures on each side of 

 the anus. Anterior legs with the thighs short, thickened in the 

 middle ; the tibite broad at the apex and ending anteriorly in a 

 dentiform projection ; middle tibiae spinous, wide at the apex, 

 ending exteriorly in a short dentiform projection ; trochanters 

 short and rounded behind. Prosternum excavate between the 

 coxae and truncate behind. 



Length 16, breadth 5|^ mm. 



A single specimen ((J) in my collection, received from Mr. C. 

 French, as coming from South-west Australia. 



