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fortiter productis) et posticis (his minoribus) sat acutis, 

 lateribus crenulatis ; elytris reticulato-costatis, interspatiis 

 fortiter sparsim punctulatis ; segmentis ventralibus meta- 

 sternoque (sub lente forti) creberriraesubtilissime punctulatis 

 et sat crebre subtiliter granulatis, certo adspectu subtiliter 

 transversim strigatis ; capite subtus crasse sat crebre, pro- 

 sterni lateribus sparsim minus fortiter punctulatis. 



[Long. 6, lat. 2 J lines. 



May be at once distinguished from *S. elongatulus, inter alia, 

 by the totally different sculpture of the under surface. 

 Victoria ; sent to me by Mr. T. G. Sloane. 



Adelium occidentale, sp.nov. 



Oblongum ; minus convexum ; nigrum (vix seneo-micans), 

 antennis (apicem versus) tarsisque vix picescentibus, his 

 subtus (et tibiis apicem versus intus) dense auricomatis ; 

 antennis sat elongatis sat gracilibus apice vix dilatatis, 

 articulo 3° sequentibus 3 conjunctis vix breviori ; capite 

 prothoraceque minus crebre sat subtiliter punctulatis ; hoc 

 elytris parum angustiori, quam longiori duplo latiori (lati- 

 tudine majori mox pone medium posita), antice quam postice 

 pauUo angustiori, lateribus sat late deplanatis impunctulatis 

 rotundatis, angulis anticis sat productis, posticis minutis 

 acute rectis ; elytris fortiter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis 

 impunctulatis sat convexis apicem versus in tuberculis 

 (seriatim positis) ruptis ; abdominis processu intercoxali lato 

 haud marginato antice rotundato-truncato. 



[Long. 10, lat. 4 lines. 



The form of the intercoxal process of the hind body and the 

 length of the 3rd joint of the antennae would place this species 

 in the same section of Adelium (as subdivided by M. Blessig) as 

 tenebrioides, Er., 2^'>rcatu7n, Fab., &c. The elytra exceeding the 

 prothorax in width by only about ^ the width of the latter, 

 together with the feebly punctured prothorax, large size, and 

 almost black colour, will distinguish it from all its allies. In one 



