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S. emarginatus, Giu'tr., but witli tlie elytra fiat between the 

 two carmw nearest to tlie suture and the elytra pai-allel as in 

 S. convexicnlhs, Macl. (which, however, is a very much larger and 

 more elongate species). 

 Everard Range. 



llyPAULAX. 



}J. oreus, Pasc. Fraser Range. 



A])ELIUM. 



A. simplex, sp. nov. Elongatum ; minus nitidum ; supra ieneum, 

 subtus nigrum, tibiis apicem versus et tarsis totis bete fulvo- 

 pubescentibus ; capite minus ina'.quali sat fortiter sat crebre 

 nee rugulose punctulato ; prothoraoe ciuam longiori fere 

 tribus partibus (postice (juam antice tertia parte) latiori, vix 

 canahculato, haud ruguloso, subtiliter vix crebre punctulato 

 et puncturis magnis paucis impresso, antice sat fortiter 

 postice leviter emarginato, lateribus sat fortiter rotundatis 

 sat explanatis pone medium haud sinuatis, angulis posticis 

 obtusis ; elytris postice medico acuminatia, fortiter striatis, 

 striis imBqualiter punctulatis, interstitiis convexis iequalibus, 

 anguhs humerahbus obtusis nee rotundatis, lateribus minus 

 arcuatis; anteiirns fihformibus sat elongatis, articulo 3° (luam 

 se<iuentes 2 conjuncti sublongiori. Long., 7a L; lat., .3 1. 

 An elongate but somewhat robust species, with elytra very 

 little wider than the prothorax. The regular striation of the 

 elytra, their evenly convex interstices and the comparatively sli.'ht 

 inequality of the punctures in the stria;, are somewhat unusual 

 characters. The interstices of the elytral stride are punctured 

 only very feebly and sparsely. 



In M. Blessig's subdivision of Adelium this sp(;cies would Ije 

 associated with A. caraboides, Kirby, &c. ; but it does )iot seem 

 to be very near any previously described species. 



Victoria Desert. 



CJlALCOPTHRUS. 



C. cupripPMnis, Hope. Fraser Range. 



C. eremita, sp. nov. Elongate ovalis ; viridis certo adspectu 

 aureo- vel purpureo-micans, corpore subtus antennis ped- 

 ibusque atris ; sat nitidus ; capite fere ie(iualiter punctulato, 

 ociilis modice approximatis, intus sulco sat angusto margin- 

 atis ; prothorace modice convexo, quam longiori (et postice 

 quam antice) duabus partibus latiori, leviter imequaliter 

 punctulato, lateribus a basi antrorsum arcuatim convergent- 

 ibus, margine antico leviter concavo, angulis anticis haud 

 productis sat obtusis posticis (superne visis) obtusis ; elytris 

 modice convexis, seriatim punctulatis, puncturis in seriebus 



