BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 537 



fere subprominulis, basi media vix antrorsum producto, 

 lateribus (prgesertim feminse) arcuatis ; an tennis filiformibus 

 modice elongatis, articulo 3° sequentibus 2 conjunctis longi- 

 tudine sequali. [Long. 7-J-— 8, lat. 3-3 1 lines. 



I do not feel sure that this large and handsome insect may not 

 be an extreme Alpine var. of A. calosomoides, Kirby. According 

 to the description that species is much smaller (long. 6 lines) and 

 the antennae and tarsi are not rufous ; in other respects it agrees 

 fairly with the somewhat meagre description. I do not think it 

 is a var. of the species which I have previously considered to be 

 A. calosomoides, but it is possible I may have been mistaken in 

 my identification, and I do not think any insect could be con- 

 fidently identified with Kirby's description unless the original type 

 could be referred to. The remarkable variability in colour and 

 in the degree of convexity of the elytral interstices is in keeping 

 with what is frequently observed in species occurring on high 

 mountains. 

 -Victoria; under Eucalyptus bark at high elevations on the Alps. 



Adelium tropicum, sp.nov. 



Robustum ; sat nitidum ; sat convexum ; cseruleo-nigrum ; capite 

 prothoraceque (fere ut A. auguralis, Pasc), crebre fortiter 

 vermiculato-rugulosis ; hoc quam longiori plus quam dimidio 

 (postice quam antice circiter 5 a parte) latiori, canaliculate, 

 antice emarginato postice truncato, lateribus sat rotundatis 

 crenulatis modice explanatis mox ante basin parallelis, angulis 

 posticis rectis nullo modo extrorsum prominentibus, elytris 

 ovalibus fortiter costatis, costis prope apicem in tuberculis 

 fractis, costarum interstitiis transversim subtuberculatim 

 seriatim interrupts; antennis sat crassis minus elongatis, 

 articulo 3° quam 4 US 5 US que conjuncti multo longioribus. 



[Long. 8, lat. 3;i lines. 

 Allied to A. porcatum, Fab., and A. augurale, Pasc, but differ- 

 ing from both inter alia by the elytra being entirely impunctate, 

 the only approach to puncturation consisting of the quasi impres- 

 sions on the elytra which are formed in the intervals between the 



