20 Mr. F. P. Pascoe on ne^v Genera and SjMcies of 



body beneath and legs dark copper, smooth ; tarsi with bright 

 golden-brown hairs ; antennae, linear, the joints elongate-ob- 

 conic, pitchy black, ferruginous towards the apex. Length 

 5J lines. 



Adelium geniale. 



A. fusco-cupreum, nitidum ; prothorace subtihter punctato, lateribus 

 subfohaceis ; elytris late obovatis, striato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 subtiliter punctatis ; antennis hnearibus. 



Hob. Clarence River. 



Brownish-copper, shining ; head and prothorax black, finely 

 punctured, the latter short and transverse, well rounded, broadly 

 margined at the sides, but the margin only slightly foliaceous; 

 scutellum transversely triangular, black ; elytra broadly obo- 

 vate, striate-punctate, the strife well marked, not widely apart, 

 the punctures small and very nearly contiguous, the intervals 

 between the rows slightly convex and rather finely punctured, 

 epipleur^e finely punctured; body beneath and legs pitchy 

 black ; tarsi ferruginous beneath ; antennae linear, the joints 

 elongate-obconic, pitchy, ferruginous towards the apex. Length 

 6J lines. 



This species, as well as the former, belongs to the category of 

 A. calosomoides^ Kirby. From this the first is distinguished by 

 its narrower form, scarcely punctate prothorax, and the larger 

 and unequal punctures of the elytra ; the second, with the same 

 broad outline, has the elytra striated. The next species departs 

 from the calosomoides-tyipe in having the antennse gradually 

 thicker outward, and with shorter joints. The four species have 

 a short curved impressed line on each side of the prothorax. 



Adelium neojpliyta, 



A. fusco-cupreum, nitidum ; prothorace subtiliter punctato, hand fo- 

 haceo ; elytris subanguste obovatis, striato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 subtilissime pimctulatis ; autennis apice crassioribus, articuHs 

 paulo breviusculis. 



Hah. Adelaide ; Essendon Plains, Victoria. 



Brownish copper (much darker in the Victorian example), 

 shining ; head and prothorax black, finely punctured, the 

 latter transverse, moderately well rounded at the sides, not 

 foliaceous ; scutellum black, broadly triangular ; elytra rather 

 narrowly obovate, striate-punctate, the striae broad and shal- 

 low, the punctures rather small and not nearly contiguous, the 

 intervals of the striae slightly convex and very minutely punc- 

 tured, epipleuras glabrous, nearly impunctate ; body beneath 

 ^nd legs smooth, pitchy black, tibi?e and tarsi with ferruginous 



