110 C'DLKUl'TKliA. 



llrad yiadually iianowc'd hcliiiul the largo, iiiodciately j)roininent 

 ovos, its frontal portion nearly plane and smooth, liaving only a few 

 minute distant punctures there, hut with dense minute scul))ture behind 

 the eyes. Thoi ax widest .•uid rounded at i>v just hehiud the middle, 

 bi'oadly consti'icted in front; with a .sliallow, medially interrupted, 

 lineal' dorsal impression, its punctation very fine and remote, the in- 

 tervals with minute coriaceous sculptuie; lateral margins obsolete, the 

 length and breadth about equal. Scutellum subquadiatc. Elytra 

 broader than thorax at the l)ase, nearly tliriee its length, slightly and 

 gradually expanded poster iorlj'^, the apex ])roadly rounded; near each 

 sliouldcr there is a sliort impression, their punctation is rather fine, and 

 in some asjjeets a{)pears transversely rugose. 



Legs elongate, the clav.s castaneous, and pi'ovided with membranous 

 appendages. Antennae not longer than the head and thorax, some- 

 what nitid, joints l— 10 subseriate, 11th ovate, tlie '3rd as long as the 4th. 



/J. Ill tarhfins, 20-56, its nearest alley, has the head and thorax of a 

 lighter l)liie, ami the elytra are tinged with green. It is a larger 

 insect, with similarly bent or curled setae, and its foi-ehead, like the 

 rest of the head, is densely and minutely sculptured. 



I^ength, 5-i mm. ; lu'eadth, neaidy 2 nmi. 



Kouteburn, Wakatipu. One example, secured hy Mr. (!. Y. Hud- 

 son during Kel)iiiary, 1911. 



(Iroup Hklopidak. 



3428. Adelium caicaratum sp. nov. Adelium Kirby, Man. N.Z. Coleopt., 



p. 386. 



Oblong-oval, moderately convex, nitid; fmco-niger, legs piceous, 

 the tarsi and basal four joints of tlie antennae piceo-rufous, remaining 

 ai'ticulations .castaneous; on tlie head and thorax a few upright, 

 slender, pale setae are pereeptibh-. 



Head immersed up to the eyes, somewhat rounded anteriorly, 

 slightly uneven, the forehead having a large shallow im])ression across it, 

 the whole .surface moderately finely and clo.sely punctate. Thorax, in the 

 middle, nearly twice as broad as long, its sides distinctly and evenly 

 margined; it is only a little Avider at the middle than elsewhere, 

 slightly eui'vedly narrowed towards the obtusely ]"»rominent anterior 

 angles, and very slightly narrowed backwards, nearly straight indeed, 

 with' its lectangulai- posterior angles resting on the elytra; the base 

 widt'ly and feebly enuirginate, the apex obviously arcuate-emarginate; 

 it is moderately finely and closely punctured, much more finely and 

 remotely near the sides; at the middle, near each side, there is an 

 elongate inipressifin, along the middle, behind, a shallow linear mark, 

 and near each hind angle a transversal shallow depression. Scutellum 

 short, triangulai-. Elytra somewhat bi'oader than the thorax, nearly 

 thricH- its length, their sides neaidy straight rs far as the middle, from 

 thence gradually narrowed posteriorly; on each elytron there are 8 series 

 of moderate, closely placed punctures, those neai-est the suture are in 

 striae; interstices plane, finely and irregiilarly punctate, the 3rd rather 

 widei- than the others, apical sculjtture less distinct, mnie of the striae 

 extending so far back. 



Tibiae feebly pubescent towaids the extremity; the anterior in- 

 crassate and curved ; the inteiniediate gradually expanded, each, at its 

 inner extremity, armed with a short yet (|uite definite calcar ; this is 

 directed inwardly ; the posterior pair are simple but more elongate. 



