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C Adelaides, sp. nov. Miuus robiistum ; nitidum ; nigrum ; 

 antennis, palpis, mandibulis et pedibus (tibiis infuscatis 

 exceptis) testaceis ; antennarum articulo 1° maxime elon- 

 gato, ceteris multo minoribus, 2° et 3° sub^qualibus, 

 6°-10° baud longioribus quam latioribus ; capite longiore 

 quam latiore, sat aequaliter (disco laevi excepto) sparsim 

 fortiter punctulato, fronte vix depressa ; prothorace sub- 

 cylindrico, plus tertia parte longiore quam latiore, capite 

 parum angustiori, subseriatim punctulato, spatio medio 

 longitudinali lato alteroque utrinque angustiori Isevibus ; 

 elytris prothorace paullo brevioribus, capiti latitudiue 

 sequalibus, disco crasse subseriatim lateribus subtiliter 

 confuse punctulatis ; abdomine subtiliter nee crebre punc- 

 tulato, segmentis apicalibus 2 apice piceolis. Long., -if 

 mm. 



Mas. latet. 



Tbe distinctive characters of this small species lie in its an- 

 tennae, with its second and third joints not or scarcely differing 

 in length, while the five joints preceding tte apical one are 

 transverse or nearly so, in its parallel-sided thorax, and elytra 

 a little shorter than the thorax. I think its nearest ally is 

 C. varicorne, which it resembles in being of more robust build 

 than the species that follow, though it differs widely in 

 respect of size and colour, and has shorter elytra. 



1 possess a single specimen (a female), which was taken in 

 the neighbourhood of Adelaide. 



C. delicatulum, mihi. Sat augustum ; nitidum ; nigrum ; an- 

 tennis, palpis, mandibulis, pedibusque testaceis ; anten- 

 narum articulo 1° sat elongato, ceteris multo minoribus, 

 2° et 3° subaequalibus, 7-10 vix longioribus quam latioribus ; 

 capite longiori quam latiori sat aequaliter sparsim fortiter 

 punctulato ; prothorace fere duplo longiore quam latiore, 

 postice angustato, capite angustiori, subtiliter subseriatim 

 punctulato, spatio medio longitudinali lato alteroque 

 utrinque angustiori l?evibus ; elytris capiti latitudine pro- 

 thoraci vix longitudine sequalibus, disco crasse obsolete 

 lateribus vix evidenter punctulatis ; abdomine obsolete nee 

 crebre punctulatis, segmentis apicalibus 2 apice piceolis. 

 Long., 6\ mm. 

 Mas. latet. 



This species is closely allied to C. Adelaides, with which until 

 lately I confused it. Its facies is narrower and more slender, 

 its thorax distinctly longer in proportion to the width, and 

 evidently narrowed backwards from the front to the base ; the 

 disc of the elytra is much more faintly (though scarcely less 

 coarsely) punctured, and the punctures do not run in traceable 



