48 COLEOl'TJiUA. 



Ii('ii;.'th. .'^2 liiK's : hreadtli, 1^ linos. 



Soutliliiiul. One. The tindin-i of this and llif jtrcci'din^' species is of 

 .special interest, as tlioy form another link hctwcen the fauna of Ne\\- 

 Zealan<l and that of the snhantarctic islands. 



.*U(M1. Adelium feniorale sp. nox . (icn.. .Man. N.Z. Coieuj)!., p. liHC). 



Klonjiatc, suV)paralk'I. sligiitly con\-e.\. ^lahnnis. shiniiifr : nifiro-fuscoiis. 

 sli^ditly l)ronzed. sides and aj>icos of elytra castaneoiis. I<>us fu.sco-tcstacoous. 

 the femora (juite fuscous at tlie haso. antennae and palpi infnscate. 



//('/(/ somewliat unevei\. irrcLudarly and distinctly punctate. Thnrtis 

 (piadrate. almost as lon«i as broad, the apex, however, is evidently incurved, 

 the l)ase suhtiuncate and resting on the el>^ra : the sides are distinctly 

 margined, a little rounded towards the obtuse front angles, the posterior 

 angles rectangular : its surface distiiutly. irregularly, and along the middle 

 somewhat rugosely jnmctured. and with several larger foveiform pui\ctures : 

 there is an angular basal impression about midway l)etween the middle 

 and each side, and before the middle, near each side, there is a well-marked 

 longitudinal depression. Scxlrlhini broad, minutely punctured. Ehftra dis- 

 tinctly margined and .slightly rounded laterally, very slightly wider than 

 thorax at the base, very irregularly inulti-punctate-striate, most in'cgularly 

 beyond the 5th striae, towards the extremity the punctation becomes indis- 

 tinct ; interstices moderately narrow and finely punctate. Legs rather 

 slender. Anlennnc gradually incrassate from the 5th joint onwards, 2nd 

 very small. 



.1. (horaciciim usually measures 4 J by 1^ lines ; it is more aeneous, the 

 thorax in a sjiecimen from the (.)tira (lorge is somewhat violaceous, the legs 

 are much more robust, the striation of the elytra is more regular, and the 

 sides of the thorax are sinuously narrowed behind. A. )nHl(is(riatuni is 

 about a fourth larger than A. thoraclcum. with deep regular elytral striae. 

 These are the nearest allies. A. fcmoralr can bo separatoti V)y the peculiarly 

 coloured, almost tawny femora. 



Length. 3| lines ; breadth. 1^ lines. 



Greenhills, Southland. rni<|u<>. Mr. \. Philpnti. 



3107. Adelium titahiense sp. nov. 



Oblong, moderately convex, glabrous, nit id : nigro-fuscous. slightly 

 bronzed : legs, antennae, and palpi fusco-rufous. 



Iliad narrower tha)i thorax, contracted behind the eyes, moderately 

 finely but not closely punctate ; the sides in front of the eyes nt'arly smooth 

 and slightly raised, and marked off separately by a well-marked groove ; 

 forehead truncate in front. Labnim prominent, with some tine yellow 

 setae. Eye^ strongly transverse, distinctly faceted. Thorax transversely 

 <|uadrate, a third broader than loiig ; apex finely margined and widely 

 incurved, with obtuse angles ; its side.=( finely margined, slightly curvedly 

 luirrowed in front, slightly and gradually narrowcnl towards the obtusely 

 rectangular posterior angles ; basal margin subtruncate. touching but not 

 covering the elytral base ; the surface moderately finely, rather eveidy, but 

 not clo.sely punctured, with a shallow median frontal impression ; another 

 near the base is also longitudinal, and may perhaps in other s})ocimens 

 unite with the frontal one ; near the hind angles there are also indefinite 

 impressions. Scutcllum small, obsolete. Elytra rather broader than thorax 

 at the base, their sides finely margined and Jicarly straight, a gootl deal 

 narrowed behind ; each elytron with 8 series of nunierately fine punctures, 



