Tenebrionidic from Aut^tntlid (tnd Tasmania. 19 



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short ycatteri'd erect hairs, cspci-ially on tli('l)ack; head 

 even between the eyes, finely j)iinctured ; jirotliorax transverse, 

 closely and liere and there eontignously piiiieture(l, the sides 

 forming a rounded an_L;le at the niiddh', not f'uliaceous, the 

 apex only slightly eniarginate ; sciitelluni indistinct, uni- 

 colorous ; elytra oblong obovate, subcostate, the intervals with 

 two rows of irregular punctures, one of the rows with much 

 larger and more oblong punctures than the other ; epi])leurai of 

 the elytra, and body beneath, glossy purplish black, finely 

 punctate, or nearly impunctate ; legs black, the femora glossy, 

 with a greenish tinge ; antennte brown, the outer joints obconic, 

 the last oval. Length 7 lines. 



Adelium scutellare. 



A. fusco-cupreura, subnitidura, pilosum ; prothorace interrupte 

 punctato ; scutello nigro ; elytris punctatis et puuctato-impressis, 

 lineisque subelevatis. 



Hah. Darling Downs ; Brisbane. 



Brownish copper, slightly nitid, clothed with short scattered 

 erect hairs above ; head with a few small punctures, uneven 

 between the eyes ; prothorax as in the last, but the punctures 

 fewer, scattered, and leaving here and there glabrous patches ; 

 scutellum greenish black, broadly triangular ; elytra oblong, 

 rounded at the sides, seriate-punctate, many of the punctures 

 (two or three together) in oblong impressions, the intervals be- 

 tween the alternate rows slightly raised ; epipleurai of the elytra, 

 and body beneath, glossy greenish black, the former finely 

 punctured ; legs greenish black, shining, slightly pilose ; an- 

 tennae brown, with the outer joints elongate obconic, the last 

 obovate. Length 7-8 lines. 



These two species belong to the category of ^. angxdicollc ^ 

 Lap., with which my A. succisum is probably identical. 



Adelium reductum. 



A. fusco-cupreum, nitidum ; prothorace subtilissime punctato, baud 

 foliaceo ; elytris modice obovatis, Icviter seriatim puuctatis, punctis 

 inaequalibus, interstitiis impunctatis ; antennis linearibus. 



Hah. Brisbane. 



Brownish copper, shining ; head sparingly and rather finely 

 punctured ; prothorax transverse, the sides well rounded, nf)t 

 suddenly contracted near the posterior angle, disk very minutely 

 punctured ; scutellum small, rounded behind ; elytra not broadly 

 obovate, seriate-punctate, the punctures small, unequal in size, 

 some oblong or more deeply impressed, the intervals between 

 the rows rather wide and impunctate, epipleur^e impunctate ; 



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