(O AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA : KOTES AXD NEW SPECIES. 11. 



above. It is very different from C. eurcipes Bates — au elongat'e, polished black 

 species, in which the hind tibiae of d' are strongly bent inwards. Type in Coll. 



Adeliuh vesicclatum^ n.sp. 



Oval, convex; nitid Idack, glaljrons, elytra purple, antennae and tarsi red- 

 dish. 



Head cleai'ly but finely punctate; forehead depressed, antennae robust, ex- 

 tending beyond base of prothorax, joints 3-10 obconic, 3 not quite as long as 

 4-5 combined, 11 elongate^ovate. Protliorax bisinuate at apes, front angles well 

 advanced, obtuse and a little blimted at tip, widest behind middle, foliate margins 

 wide and separated from disc by a foveoid sulcus, sides well rounded, rather 

 abraptly narrowed before the widely rectangular posterior angles; extreme border 

 narrowly raised and feebly crenulate on anterior half; base truncate, disc with 

 close, shallow punctures and some irregular depressions, medial channel clearly 

 marked and emphasized by a small fovea in the middle. Elytra ovate and rather 

 strongly convex, wider tlian prothorax at base, shoulders widely rounded; some- 

 what abruptly narrowed at apex; very finely striate-punctate, the striae nearest 

 suture straight, the others following the outlines of the intervals, the latter con- 

 sisting of series of little elongate bladder-like swelling-s continuous to apex, the 

 2nd, 4th, 6th and 8th intervals wider than the other's and bearing a few large 

 punctures widely separated. Undei-side smooth, or nearly so, intercoxal process 

 widely and rather squarely oval; the male with the 4tli tarsi on front feet 

 rounded and flattened. Dimensions : <S. 11 x 44 mm., 2. 12 x 5A mm. 



Ilah. — North Queensland: Kuranda (H. J. Carter), Malanda (Mr. G. F. 

 Hill). 



Four examples are before me, three taken by myself under dead leaves, the 

 fourth taken by Mr. Hill, of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville. 



The species is unique in sculpture and cannot be confused with any other.- 

 In general structure it is nearest to A. geminatum Pase. and A. harhatum Cai-t. 



Seibotkana TUJtuLOSA, n.sp. 



Obloiig-oval, depressed; nitid dark bronze above, nitid black beneath, palpi,, 

 apical joints of antennae and tarsi rufo-piceous. 



Head rather coai-sely punctate, a raised circular impression on foz-ehead; 

 antennae short, moniliform, apical joint longer and wider than tenth. Prothorax 

 sub-truncate at apex and base, widest at middle, all angles obtuse but defined,, 

 sides rather widely rounded, a little sinuate before the posterior angles, without 

 lateral foliation; extreme border narrow, disc closely covered with fine 

 punctures, with a few large punctures iwegularly placed. Scutelhim very small 

 and transverse. Elytra wider than prothorax at base and closely adapted to it,, 

 flat, shouldere rather square, the epipleural fold sha.rply raised in this region, 

 forming a continuation of lateral border evident from above throughout; punc- 

 tate-striate, the striae clearly cut, the punctures close, romid aiid i-egailar, the 

 3rd, 5th, 7th and 9tli inte-rva,ls consisting of a succession of feebly raised tumuli,, 

 or elongate pleats, marked off by a puncture between each pair — these punctures, 

 of about the same size as those in the striae and about six on an inten'al; the 

 2nd, 4th and 6th interi^als nan-ower than the fonuer, flat and unpunctured ; the 

 sutural interval also flat but bearing three or four punctures; sides of prosternum 



