482 Mr. F. P. Puscoe on some new or little-hiown 



the inner portion of the eye ; prothorax impimetate, the sides expanded 

 and well rounded, with the edges of the margins reflexed but only 

 slightly thickened, the centre of the disk with two fovese, and behind 

 these towards the posterior angle an irregularly curved impressed line 

 on each side ; elytra shortly ovate, convex, strongly striate, nine striae 

 on each ; body beneath, legs, and antennae dark glossy brown. Length 

 9 lines. 



Readily distinguished by its impunctate elytra, with their strongly 

 marked simple striae. The clypeus is also peculiar. 



Adelium latum. 



A. late ovatum, cupreo-fusoiim, nitidum ; prothorace latitudine elytrorum, 

 marginibus baud dilatatis; elytris foveolatis et iiTegulariter lineato- 

 punctatis. 



Hah. Australia. 



Rather broadly ovate, slightly convex, dark copper-browai, shining ; 

 head slightly punctm'ed ; the clypeus ver}^ short and transverse, scarcely 

 extending beyond the insertion of the antennae ; prothorax as broad as 

 the elytra, its apex scarcely narrower than the base, thinly punctured, 

 and pitted with several large foveae, posterior angles not acute, the 

 lateral margins not dilated, consisting merely of a thickened line ; 

 elytra shortly ovate, having a few irregular lines of small punctures, 

 here and there displaced by a broad fovea j body beneath and legs dark 

 glossy brown. Length 5 lines. 



Remarkable for the breadth of the prothorax, and its moderately 

 convex form. It should stand after A. Ucinoides, Kirby. 



Adelium congestum. 



A. elongatum, aeneo-fuscum ; prothorace nitido, disperse et in'egulariter 

 punctato, marginibus baud dilatatis ; elytris seriatim punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis alternis interrupte lineato-elevatis, lineis nitidis. 



Hab. Victoria. 



Elongate, dark brassy brown ; head rugosely punctured ; the clypeus 

 very short and considerably thickened in front ; prothorax shining, 

 irregularly and rather coarsely punctm*ed, not dilated at the sides, the 

 base strongly incurved ; elytra oblong, a little broader than the pro- 

 thorax, scarcely or only very slightly shining, seriate-pimctate, the 

 intervals between the alternate series with interrupted elevated shining 

 lines, or, in other words, there are five pairs of punctured lines and 

 four lines of short oblong ridges on each elji-ron ; body beneath and 

 legs dark glossy black. Length 4^-6 lines. 



The sculpture of the elytra is sufficiently characteristic of this very 

 distinct species. 



