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prothorax transvorso, the ninrjrins roiiiuk'd aud moderately dilated at 

 the sides, linely punctured, with about tlirec fovete on i-aeh side and a 

 stron<*'er impression ueai' tlio marf^in ; 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 witjj 

 brownish hairs; antenn;e with the last four joints but one dilated and 

 ti-iangular, the last rounded. Length 5 lines. 



This is the only species I have noticed with what may called sub- 

 cla^iform antenna} ; in other respects it is clearly allied to the pre- 

 ceding. 



Adelium ohesum. 

 A. viridi-aeneum ; prothorace indistincte punctato, utrinque rotundato, 

 pone medium constricto; elytris ampliatis, prothorace multo latioribus, 

 fortiter puuctato-striatis, humeris rotundatis. 

 Hub. 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 pnnctate-striate, the shoulders rounded : 

 body beneath dark chalybeate green ; legs glossy bljtck ; third antennal 

 joint nearly as long as the next three together. Length 7 lines. 



Adelium auratum. 



A. viridi-aiireum ; prothorace la3vi, subtilissime punctato, utrinque rotun- 

 dato ; elytris ovatis, inten'upte fortiter striatis ; corpore infra nigro, 

 nitido. 



Hah. North Australia. 



Rich golden-green, with coppery reflections ; head with scattered 

 minute punctures ; clypeus slightly emarginate at the apex ; lip and 

 antennae black ; prothorax smooth, finely punctured, a few irregularly 

 distributed foveas 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 striae broken up 

 into short portions, the intervals nearly impunctate j body beneath and 

 legs black, shining. Length 9 Hnes. 

 A distinct and handsome species, resembling our Carahus arvemis. 



Adelium striatum. 

 A. aeneo-fuscum, nitidum ; elytris impunctatis, fortiter striatis. 

 Hah. Queensland. 



Dark brassy brown, shining ; head nearly impunctate, the cl\-peu8 

 very short and transverse, scarcely extending beyond the insertion of 

 the antennae, and having a narrow process on each side directed towards 



