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NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



either of the three species described by Herr Gebien (Die Fauna 

 Slid- west Australiens. Hamburg, 1905). The combination of 

 foveate-like punctures in elytral striae, with pronounced raised 

 intervals is very unusual, which with its short broad form and 

 brilliant metallic colouring should render its identification easy. 



Adelium Goudiei, n.sp. (Text-fig. 9). 



Elongate-ovate, copper-bronze, nitid, antennae, palpi, legs and 

 tarsi reddish. 



Head', labrum prominent and truncate, epistoma very convex, 

 oblique and raised at the sides, limited behind by a thin but 

 definite straight suture, this meeting the more 

 (2J strongly indented ocular sutures at right angles, 

 the latter obliquely continued and branched to 

 meet the sides of epistoma; at the junction of 

 clypeal and ocular sutures a seta bearing a long 

 white hair; head rather finely and distantly punc- 

 tured, punctures becoming finer and scarcer to- 

 wards the vertex, closely but strongly rugose at 

 base. Prothorax convex, wider than long (4 x 

 5 mm.), widest at middle, slightly emarginate, 

 anterior angles rectangular, sides widely rounded, 

 slightly sinuate anteriorl}^, strongly so posteriorly, 

 hind angles a little dentate and rectangular, base 

 and apex lightly bordered, sides with thickened 

 upturned border, narrowly furrowed, or subfoliate, with a 

 shallow elongate depression at sides of discal portion. Disc 

 minutely and rather closely punctured, with about five large 

 foveate punctures irregularly placed. Scutellum transversely 

 triangular. Elytra a little wider than prothorax, regularly 

 ovate, convex, shoulders rather squarely rounded, with up- 

 turned margin, evident from above at shoulders' and apex. 

 Seriate-punctate, with nine rows of ])unctures, in general 

 very small (like pin-pricks) and irregularly spaced, witlx 

 a few punctures of larger size. Intervals in general flat and 



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