BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 237 



short, the tibise broad at the apex, acute, but not dentiform 

 exteriorly ; middle tibia? spinous, rather wide at the apex and 

 somewhat dentiform exteriorly ; trochanters short, and rounded 

 behind. Prosternum excavate between the coxae, truncate. 



Length 14, breadth 5 mm. 



i^aZ,._Wallaroo, S.A. 



A single specimen in the Australian Museum. 



In general appearance this species resembles Fromecoderus con- 

 color, but the shape of its prothorax and elytra are proportionately 

 broader ; it can readily be distinguished by the entire absence of 

 any tooth to the mentum. It is closely allied to A. atronitens, 

 from which it differs in its smaller size ; in its prothorax broader 

 in front, more decidedly narrowed behind, with the lateral border 

 more sinuate before the base ; in its elytra proportionately longer, 

 and more parallel on the sides, &c. 



Adotela grandis. 



Parroa grandis, Casteln. I.e. p. 174- Putz. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 

 1868, p. 350 ; Revis. 1873, p. 339. 



This species I have never seen ; the following is a translation 

 of M. Putzeys' description (Stett. Ent. Zeit. p. 350) : — 



Length 31, eh tra 18, breadth 11 mm. 



Entirely of a dull black ; the head is very large, swollen 

 behind. The vertex is very convex, quite smooth : the two juxta- 

 ocular grooves are narrow, diverging. The eyes are large, but 

 sunken and not at all prominent. The prothorax is almost quad- 

 rate, lightly narrowed behind, but as it is very convex, and the 

 sides are very much rounded off", it seems rather globular. The 

 anterior and posterior margins are truncate ; the anterior angles 

 project a little ; the sides are very little rounded ; a little before 

 the base they are sinuate, then they become straight at the basal 

 angles, which are right ; the marginal border only becomes wide 

 towards the anterior part ; it does not extend along the base. 

 All the surface is smooth. The median line is only distinct in 

 the middle ; only a faint trace of the anterior transverse line is 

 visible. The posterior impression without being very deejily 



