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antennae more than half the length of the body, slightly thicker 

 outwards, glossy copper at the base, gradually becoming ferru- 

 ginous and opaque, third joint nearly as long as the next two 

 together, the last joint a little larger than the preceding one, 

 and somewhat semicircular. Length 5| lines. 



Differs from A. cisteloides, Er. (?A. helopoides, Boisd.), inter 

 alia, in its longer antennas, and in the greater breadth of the 

 base, and the produced posterior angles of the prothorax. 



Adelium repandum. 



A. cupreum, subnitidura ; prothorace creberrime punctato, punctis 

 magnis rarissime dispersis ; elytris seriatim punctatis, interstitiis 

 alternis interrupte subcostatis. 



Hob. Brisbane. 



Copper-brown, a little nitid ; head rather finely punctured ; 

 clypeus truncate at the apex, its suture going off near the an- 

 tennaiy ridges, no branch groove ; prothorax moderately trans- 

 verse, not so broad as the elytra, sides well rounded, posterior 

 angles not produced, base emarginate, rather close to and 

 slightly overlapping the elytra, closely and minutely punc- 

 tured, a few large punctures irregularly dispersed among them ; 

 scutellum very short and transverse ; elytra obovate, irregu- 

 larly seriate-punctate, punctures small, not crowded, tbe inter- 

 vals between the rows broad, the alternate ones with slightly 

 raised interrupted lines, epipleurae with a few minute scattered 

 punctures ; body beneath and legs dark greenish brown, very 

 glossy, the middle of the abdominal segments finely corru- 

 gated ; antennas 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 

 Gorvpera. 



Adelium scytalicum. 



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

 seriatim punctatis, punctis inaequabbus. 



Hab. 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 ; epipleuras of the elytra, legs, and body beneath 

 very smooth and glossy ; tarsi ferruginous ; antennas dark 



