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but fine, — almost " needle point," — punctures among which are 

 interspersed a few much larger, — but even these are (not foveas but) 

 merely strong punctures ; from analogy, however, it is likely that 

 in other examples the whole system of puncturation might be 

 somewhat coarser. In all examples examined of the two preceding 

 and of cisteloides, however, the sculpture of the elytra is infinitely 

 coarser ; moreover in the present insect the elytral sculpture 

 becomes very much enfeebled towards the sides and apex ; the 

 interstices also are very conspicuously punctured here, while in 

 the preceding two (and also in cisteloides) they are lsevigate or 

 nearly so. The lateral edge of the prothorax is very much less 

 thickened than in angulatum and Lindense, that segment is much 

 more transverse than in angulatum and cisteloides and much less 

 explanate and strongly rounded at the sides than in Lindense. 

 The strongly produced middle part of the front margin of the 

 prothorax (making the margin strongly bisinuate) is also a very 

 distinctive character, and the absolutely flat elytral interstices 

 another. The closeness here and there of the small punctures of 

 the elytral series gives a slight appearance of striation, but on 

 examination it is seen that the elytra are absolutely non-stria te. 

 S. A..; near Port Lincoln. 



Seirotrana. 



Adelium parallelum, Germ., is a member of this genus. S. 

 integricolle, Haag Rut., must be extremely close to parallel um, 

 from which its author does not distinguish it, probably not know- 

 ing that parallelum is a Seirotrana. It may be inferred from the 

 great distance between the localities where they are reported to 

 occur that the two are likely to be distinct. The following seem 

 to be new : — 



Seirotrana simplex, sp.nov. 



Angusta ; parallela ; sat convexa ; sat niticla ; nigra, tarsis et 

 antennarum articulis basi rufescentibus ; capite minus 

 ina3quali, haud ruguloso, subtilius sat crebre punctulato ; 

 prothorace quam longiori tertia parte (postice quam antice 



