18 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on new Genera and Species of 



Adelium plicigerum. 

 A. nigrum, parum nitidiim ; prothorace late transverse, marginibus 

 foliaceis, disco longitudinaliter plicate ; elytris fusco-cupreis, bre- 

 viter obovatis, interrupte striatis. 



Hob. Queensland. 



Black, slightly nitid ; head irregularly punctured; two 

 transverse wrinkled impressions above the clypeus ; prothorax 

 short, the sides strongly rounded, the foliaceous margins very 

 distinct, the disk marked with fine longitudinal, irregular, 

 raised lines ; scutellum broadly triangular ; elytra of a clear 

 brownish copper-colour, shortly obovate, sharply striate, 

 the stride interrupted, the alternate intervals between them 

 slightly raised, epipleurae with scattered punctures ; body be- 

 neath and legs dark pitchy, impunctate ; prosternum and cor- 

 responding portion of propectus elevated ; antennas black, the 

 outer joints obconical, the last ovate. Length 8 lines. 



A very distinct species, having the outline of ^. auratum^ 

 but at once distinguished from all other Adelia by the sculp- 

 ture of the prothorax. 



Adelium cerarium. 



A. viridi-seneum, subnitidum ; prethorace transverse, marginibus 

 baud foliaceis, disco creberrime punctato ; elytris interrupte 

 costatis. 



Hah. Darling Downs. 



Greenish bronze, rather nitid ; head and prothorax closely 

 punctured, the punctures varying in size and shape, and fre- 

 quently confluent, the latter transverse, well rounded at the 

 sides and without foliaceous margins ; scutellum small, tri- 

 angular ; elytra rather short, the sides but slightly rounded, 

 irregularly costate, the costse more or less interrupted, the in- 

 tervals irregular but scarcely punctured, epipleurge strongly 

 punctured ; body beneath dark glossy green, nearly glabrous, 

 but the last abdominal segment punctured ; legs and antennae 

 dark green, clothed with short black sparse hairs, the latter 

 with the outer joints obconic. Length 7 lines. 



Allied to A. augurale, but more glossy, the elytra more 

 regularly striate, without granulations, &c. 



Adelium pilosum. 



A. fusco-cnpreum, subnitidum, pilosum ; prothorace creberrime 

 punctato, lateribus angulato-rotundatis, baud foliaceis; elytris 

 subcostatis, irregulariter punctato-impressis. 



Hob. Lachlan River. 



Brownish copper, slightly nitid, everywhere clothed with 



