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



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 costas more or less interrupted, the in- 

 tervals irregular but scarcely punctured, epipleurae strongly 

 punctured ; body beneath dark glossy green, nearly glabrous, 

 but the last abdominal segment punctured ; legs and antennas 

 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-cupreum, subnitidum, pilosum ; prothorace creberrime 

 punctato, lateribus angulato-rotundatis, haud foliaceis ; elytris 

 subcostatis, irregulariter punctato-impressis. 



Hob. Lachlan River. 



Brownish copper, slightly nitid, everywhere clothed with 

 short scattered erect hairs, especially on the back ; head un- 

 even between the eyes, finely punctured ; prothorax transverse, 

 closely and here and there contiguously punctured, the sides 

 forming a rounded angle at the middle, not foliaceous, the 

 apex only slightly emarginate ; scutellum 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 ; epipleurge of 

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

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

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

 the last oval. Length 7 lines. 



Adelium scutellare. 



A. fusco-cupreurn, subnitidum, pilosurn ; prothorace interrupte 

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

 lineisque subelevatis. 



Hob. 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 ; epipleime of the elytra, 

 and body beneath, glossy greenish black, the former finely 



