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margin ; disc coarsely and rather closely punctate with some 

 smooth vermiculations, and irregular fovese, the largest one on 

 each side. Scutellum triangular and punctate. Elytra ovate 

 and rather flat, wider than prothorax at base, shoulders 

 rounded, apex rather sharp, narrowly margined, subseriate, 

 reticulate-foveate, the foveae irregular in size and shape, but 

 in general elongate and close, in a more or less seriate arrange- 

 ment ; intervals finely punctate, forming an irregular network. 

 Epipleurse coarsely and sparsely punctate, apical segment of 

 abdomen closely and finely so, rest of under-side smooth. 

 Dimensions — 15^ x 6 mm. 



Hab. — South-Western Australia: Bridgetown or Manje- 

 mup. 



In collecting a large number of Adelia in Western Australia 

 (December, 1913), at Albany, Manjemup, Bridgetown, Bus- 

 selton, Bunbury, Harvey, Perth, Gin-Gin, I find the species 

 very difficult to separate, the variations on one pattern being 

 very great. The two smaller species, scytalicum, Pasc. (from 

 Perth district) and vicarium, Pasc. = forticorne, Geb. (from 

 Albany), are easily distinguished. Among the larger speci- 

 ments I find two (males ?) of the above evidently undescribed 

 species, which can readily be separated from lindense, Blackb., 

 and breviusculum, Geb., by the large foveate sculpture of the 

 elytra, the dark colour, and the obscurely-coloured clothing of 

 the tarsi. 



The described species from Western Australia may be- 

 tabulated as follows : — 

 1 Elytra subseriate-foveate, intervals 



reticulate irregular e, n. sp. 



2- 8 Elytra seriate-punctate, punctures 



irregular in size. 



3- 5 Size larger, surface dull bronze. 



4 Elongate-ovate, border of prothorax 



thick var. lindense, Blackb. 



5 Shorter and broader than 4, border 



of prothorax thin (7) brevin senium, Geb. 



6- 8 Size smaller, surface dark nitid- 

 bronze. 



7 Prothorax nearly smooth, antennae 



shorter and finer than in 8 scytalicum, Pasc. 



8 Prothorax coarsely punctate, an- 



tennae long and thick vicarium, Pasc. 



forticorne, Geb. 

 9-12 Elytra striate-punctate. 



10 Size large, colour black, seriate 



punctures large and equal, inter- 

 vals pustulose at apex Occident ale, Blackb. 



11 Size medium, colour bronze, seriate 



punctures unequal simplex, Blackb. 



tralaticium, Geb. 



(7) Species not clearly identified by author. 



