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



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. 



Adelium orpliana. 



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

 punctatis. 



Hab. 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, 

 epipleurae finely punctured ; body beneath and legs glossy 

 copper ; tarsi fulvous ; antennas ferruginous, gradually thicker 

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

 circular. Length A\ lines. 



Very like an Amara 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 prothorax 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 Ap>asis^ from which, however, 

 they are separated by the characters of their anterior tarsi. 



Adelium steropoides. 



A. gracile, seneum ; prothorace apice param emarginato, basi angus- 

 tiore ; elytris punctato-striatis. 



Hab. Victoria. 



Brassy, nitid ; head concave and thickly punctured between 

 the antennary ridges, the front with a slightly bilobed 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 striae narrow, 

 convex, and impunctatc ; epipleurae of the elytra, body beneath, 



