Genera and Species of Coleoptera. 481 
prothorax transverse, the margins rounded and moderately dilated at 
the sides, finely punctured, with about three foveee on each side and a 
stronger impression near the margin; elytra narrowly ovate, seriate- 
punctate, the punctures very irregular in size and approximation, but 
much smaller than in the preceding species, and the spaces between 
them less rugose; body beneath and legs glossy black; tarsi with 
brownish hairs; antenn with the last four joints but one dilated and 
triangular, the last rounded. Length 6 lines. 
This is the only species I have noticed with what may called sub- 
claviform antenne ; in other respects it is clearly allied to the pre- 
ceding. 
Adelium obesum. 
A, yiridi-zeneum ; prothorace indistincte punctato, utrinque rotundato, 
pone medium constricto; elytris ampliatis, prothorace multo latioribus, 
fortiter punctato-striatis, humeris rotundatis. 
Hab. Victoria. 
Dark greenish bronze; head distinctly punctured ; prothorax small, 
transverse, rounded at the sides, the greatest breadth being behind the 
middle, the breadth then rapidly contracting, the disk with numerous 
irregular indistinct punctiform impressions; elytra much broader than 
the prothorax, convex, strongly punctate-striate, the shoulders rounded: . 
body beneath dark chalybeate green; legs glossy black; third antennal 
joint nearly as long as the next three together. Length 7 lines. 
Adelium auratumn. 
A, viridi-aureum ; prothorace levi, subtilissime punctato, utrinque rotun- 
dato; elytris ovatis, interrupte fortiter striatis; corpore infra nigro, 
nitido. 
Hab. North Australia. 
Rich golden-green, with coppery reflections; head with scattered 
minute punctures; clypeus slightly emarginate at the apex; lip and 
antenne black; prothorax smooth, finely punctured, a few irregularly 
distributed foveze on the disk, the sides expanded and well rounded, 
with the margin reflexed and thickened above; scutellum triangular ; 
elytra broadly ovate, convex, coarsely striate, but the striz broken up 
into short portions, the intervals nearly impunctate ; body beneath and 
legs black, shining. Length 9 lines. 
A distinct and handsome species, resembling our Carabus arvensis. 
Adelium striatum. 
A, eneo-fuscum, nitidum ; elytris impunctatis, fortiter striatis. 
Hab. Queensland. 
Dark brassy brown, shining ; head nearly impunctate, the clypeus 
very short and transverse, scarcely extending beyond the insertion of 
the antenne. and having a narrow process on each side directed towards 
