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



angles not produced, base emarginate, rather close to and 

 slightly overlapping the elytra, closely and minntely punc- 

 tured, a few large punctures irregularly dispersed among them ; 

 scutellum very short and transverse ; elytra obovate, irregu- 

 larly seriate-punctate, j)unctures small, not crowded, the inter- 

 vals between the rows broad, the alternate ones with slightly 

 raised interrupted lines, epipleurge with a few minute scattered 

 punctures ; body beneath and legs dark greenish brown, very 

 glossy, the middle of the abdominal segments finely corru- 

 gated ; antennge rather short, copper-brown, thicker outwards, 

 third joint a little longer only than the fourth, the last ovate, 

 much longer than the tenth. Length 5^- lines. 



A distinct species ; in the closeness of its prothorax to the 

 elytra, and also in habit, slightly approaching the genus 

 Coripera. 



Adelium scytalicum. 



A. fusco-cupreum, pernitidum ; prothorace nigro, laevissimo ; elytris 

 seriatim piinctatis, punctis insequalibus. 



Hah. Swan River. 



Brownish copper, very nitid ; head and prothorax black, the 

 former minutely punctured, the latter very smooth and glossy, 

 rather transverse, the sides well rounded and not foliaceous, 

 the base and apex of equal breadth ; scutellum nearly semi- 

 circular ; elytra oblong, slightly rounded at the sides, seriate- 

 punctate, the punctures unequal in size, the intervals but very 

 slightly convex ; epipleur^ of the elytra, legs, and body beneath 

 very smooth and glossy ; tarsi ferruginous ; antennse dark 

 brown, eighth, ninth, and tenth joints triangular, dilated on 

 one side, the eleventh obliquely ovate, larger than the pre- 

 ceding one. Length 5 lines. 



I have but one example of this very distinct species ; it is 

 probable that the peculiarity of the antennae is sexual. 



A delium orph ana. 



A. cupreum, nitidum ; prothorace subtiliter punctato ; elytris striato- 



punctatis. 



Hah. Yankee Jim's Creek, Victoria. 



Glossy copper-brown ; head finely punctured ; clypeus very 

 slightly emarginate at the apex, its suture moderately arched ; 

 prothorax transverse, nearly as broad as the elytra, a little 

 rounded at the sides, minutely punctured, posterior angles not 

 produced ; scutellum transversely triangular ; elytra sub- 

 parallel at the sides, punctate-striate, punctures rather small 

 and approximate, intervals of the striae thickly punctured, 

 epipleuree finely punctured ; body beneath and legs glossy 



