Tenebrionida? y/'(?7?i Australia and Tasmania. 23 



copper; tarsi fulvous; antcnnjc I'crrugiiious, gradually thicker 

 outwards ; last joint larger than the tenth, somewhat semi- 

 cireuhir. Length 4^ lines. 



Very like ^w A mar a in habit; narrower, more parallel at 

 the sides, and more glossy than any of the others. 



The three following species have a more slender form than 

 the Adelia generally : the prothorax is also less transverse 

 and only slightly emarginate at the apex, and the eyes are 

 broader and less impinged on by the antennary ridges. The 

 third species has the protlu^rax nearly as broad at the base as 

 at the apex, while in the first two it is very much narrower. 

 They lead to a certain extent to A^Jo^tSj from which, however, 

 they are separated by the characters of their anterior tarsi. 



Adelium sferojwides. 



A. gracile, a^neum ; prothorace apice parum emarginato, basi angus- 

 tiore ; elytris punctate -striatis. 



Hah. Victoria. 



Brassy, nitid ; head concave and thickly punctured between 

 the antennary ridges, the front with a slightly bilobcd gibbosity; 

 clypeus deeply emarginate; prothorax rather broader than 

 long, the sides well rounded, narrowed at the base, very mi- 

 nutely punctured ; scutellum triangular ; elytra oblong, slightly 

 rounded at the sides, moderately convex, punctate-striate, the 

 punctures nearly contiguous, the intervals of the stria3 narrow, 

 convex, and impunctate ; epipleura3 of the elytra, body beneath, 

 and legs glossy copper-brown, with minute scattered punctures ; 

 tarsi and outer joints of the antennas ferruginous. Length 

 6^ lines. 



Adelium r upturn. 



A. gracile, piceo-fuscum ; prothorace apice parum emarginato, basi 

 angustiore ; elytris seneis, striatis, striis interruptis. 



Hah. Yankee Jim's Creek. 



Pitchy browm, nitid ; head concave between the antennary 

 ridges, rather thickly punctured, front slightly raised between 

 the eyes ; clypeus tinged with steel-blue, deeply emarginate, 

 the upper lip very short and narrow ; prothorax slightly trans- 

 verse, well rounded at the sides, narrowed at the base, very 

 minutely pimctured ; scutellum rather narrowly triangular ; 

 elytra oblong, slightly rounded at the sides, a little depressed, 

 striate, the stria3 more or less interrupted, the intervals of the 

 strige flattish and nearly impunctate, epi pleurae indistinctly 

 punctured ; body beneath and legs dark brown, glossy ; tarsi 

 and outer joints of antenna? ferruginous. T^ength 7 lines. 



