536 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



Adelium inconspicuum, sp.nov. 



Nitidum ; seneuru, antennis (basi excepta) tarsisque piceo- 

 ferrugineis ; capite subplanato sat fortiter vix crebre 

 punctulato ; prothorace quam longiori partibus 3 (postice 

 quam antice vix) latiori, leviter minus subtiliter minus crebre 

 punctulato, antice emarginato, postice truncato, haud 

 canaliculato, lateribus sat sequaliter rotundatis haud ex- 

 planatis, angulis posticis obtusis ; elytris ovalibus punctulato- 

 striatis, interstitiis leviter sat crebre parum subtiliter 

 punctulatis, epipleuris subfortiter punctulatis, basi in medio 

 antrorsum manifeste rotundato-producta ; antennis sat 

 brevibus, apicem versus leviter incrassatis, articulo 3° 

 sequentibus 2 conjunctis vix aequali. 



[Long. 3J-4J, lat. lf-l| lines. 

 Very near the common species which I believe to be A. neophyta, 

 Pasc, (and which must be a close ally of A. brevicorne, Blessig), 

 but smaller, with puncturation much less fine throughout (though 

 not deep), sides of prothorax more rounded, epipleurse of elytra 

 very conspicuously punctulate. A. brevicorne is inter alia des- 

 cribed as very much more finely punctulate than the present 

 insect and is larger. 



Kangaroo Island ; taken by Mr. J. G. 0. Tepper. 



Adelium alpicola (?A. calosomoides, Kirby, var.) 



Robustum ; nitidum; minus (^) vel valde (Q) convexum; supra 

 seneum vel viride vel viridi-nigrum vel aureo-viride, antennis 

 (basi excepta) tarsisque rufis ; capite inaaquali sat fortiter 

 minus crebre punctulato ; prothorace quam longiori fere duplo 

 (postice quam antice quarta parte) latiori, leviter canaliculato, 

 paullo ingequali ut caput punctulato, antice arcuatim emar- 

 ginato, postice truncato, lateribus fortiter sequaliter rotundatis 

 late explanatis, angulis posticis obtusis ; elytris postice 

 acuminatis, sat fortiter punctulato-striatis, interstitiis plus 

 minus convexis sparsim subtiliter punctulatis alternis 

 (praasertim 5°) apicem versus subcarinatis, humeris rotundatim 



