BY THE REV. T. BLACKBURN. 535 



The lateral outline of the prothorax in this species is almost 

 exactly as in A. similatum, Germ., but is a little more dilate- 

 rotundate in the middle ; the sculpture of the same segment is of 

 the same kind as in A. similatum but less coarse ; the front is 

 considerably more strongly and evenly emarginate. The antennae 

 are long and slender as in A. similatum, but with the 3rd joint a 

 little less elongate. 



Victoria ; on the higher mountains. 



N.B. — I have seen a few specimens from Victoria of an insect 

 which I take to be that M. Blessig (Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. I. p. 

 100) called A. similatum, Germ. This Victorian species is 

 extremely close to similatum (of which I have never seen a 

 Victorian example really agreeing with the S. Australian type), 

 but differs in several respects, e.g., the prothorax wider behind, 

 considerably more strongly explanate laterally and altogether 

 larger in proportion to the elytra ; it is possibly only a local form 

 of A. similatum. 



Adelium victoria, sp.nov. 



Ut A. pustulosum coloratura ; capite ajquali sparsius minus 



fortiter punctulato ; prothorace quam longiori plus quam 



dimidio (postice quam antice haud multo) latiori, vix ruguloso, 



subtilius parum crebre punctulato, antice emarginato, postice 



truncato, lateribus sat fortiter rotundatis haud explanatis, 



ante basin vix sinuatis, angulis posticis late obtusis ; elytris 



fere ut A. pustulosi sed basi in medio antrorsum rotundato- 



producta ; cetera ut A. pustulosi. [Long. 5^, lat. 2g lines. 



Extremely like A. 2 ms t ,u l° sui} h Du ^ I cannot regard the 



differences as non-specific. The hind angles of the prothorax 



extremely obtuse (though not rounded), the sides of the prothorax 



scarcely sinuate before the hind angles and the front of the elytra 



strongly pushed forward in the middle form a strong combination 



of characters. There is a similar elytral formation in the very 



plentiful species which I take to be A. neophyta, Pasc, but in the 



preseut insect it is still more marked. 



Victoria ; in the collection of C. French, Esq. 



