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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 A. angulicolle. 

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



Adelium reductum. 



A. fusco-cupreum, nitidurn ; prothorace subtilissimo punctato, haud 

 foliaceo ; elytris modice obovatis, leviter seriatim punctatis, punctis 

 ina3qualibus, interstitiis impunctatis ; antennis linearibus. 



Hah. Brisbane. 



Brownish copper, shining ; head sparingly and rather finely 

 punctured ; prothorax transverse, the sides well rounded, not 

 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, epipleurae impunctate ; 

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

 golden-brown hairs ; antenna? linear, the joints elongate-ob- 

 conic, pitchy black, ferruginous towards the apex. Length 

 5\ lines. 



Adelium geniale. 



A. fusco-cupreuin, nitidum ; prothorace subtiHter punctato, lateribus 

 subfoliaceis ; elytris late obovatis, striato-punctatis, interstitiis 

 subtiliter punctatis ; antennis linearibus. 



Hab. 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 striae well marked, not widely apart, 

 the punctures small and very nearly contiguous, the intervals 

 between the rows slightly convex and rather finely punctured, 

 epipleurae finely punctured ; body beneath and legs pitchy 

 black ; tarsi ferruginous beneath ; antennae linear, the joints 

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

 Q>\ 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 caloso mo ides-type in having the antennae gradually 



