403 



12 (Size small, colour bright - coppery, 

 I elytral intervals regular, not pus- 

 tulose at apex, seriate punctures 

 equal cuprescens, Cart. 



Synonymy of species of Adelium not hitherto recorded : — 

 A. angulatum, Blackb. = A. angulicolle, Cast. A co-type 



of the former shows only slight variation of this 



common species. 



A. victories, Blackb. = A. pustulosum, Blackb. var. The 

 variations of this common species are endless, and 

 may well include the slight distinctions made by 

 the author. 



(?) A. tralaticium, Geb.=-4. simplex, Blackb. 



After an examination of many specimens from the Nulla- 

 oor Plains, I cannot but believe this synonymy to be correct. 

 There is a good deal of variation in size, and brightness of 

 colour, and the males, as in other species (e.g., A. pustulosum, 

 Blackb.), sometimes have more sharply-defined posterior 

 angles. 



Adelium orphanum, Pasc. 



I have taken this species at Warburton, near the tradi- 

 tional "Yankee Jim's Creek." It should be referred to Seiro- 

 trana, having its' prothorax closely applied to the elytra. 



Seirotrana foliata, n. sp. 



Oblong-oval ; brownish-black ; under-side and legs dull- 

 hlack; labrum, tarsi, basal joints of antennae, and the clothing 

 of the legs, red. 



Head — Epistoma smooth, front finely granulose, the for- 

 mer clearly separated from the latter by deep arcuate sulcus, 

 produced backwards to the eyes ; antennas scarcely reaching 

 case of prothorax, joint 3 shorter than 4-5 combined, 7-10 

 moniliform, 10 transverse, 11 as wide as 10 and twice as long, 

 oval. Prothorax , 3 x 4' 6 mm., little wider at base than at 

 apex, widest in the middle ; apex straight in the middle, with 

 the anterior angles strongly emarginate, reflexed, and acute; 

 sides widely rounded and sinuate before the acute outwardly 

 directed dentate posterior angles ; foliate margins wide, 

 obliquely reflexed, marked off from disc by wide depression ; 

 extreme border with a few subobsolete crenulations ; base sub- 

 truncate ; disc irregularly rugose, with a large foveate depres- 

 sion on each side near the foliation, these connected by a 

 transverse depression, and a few punctures near the posterior 

 angles. Scutellum small triangular. Elytra considerably 

 wider than the prothorax at base, shoulders rounded ; each 

 elytron with six rows of large elongate punctures on disc, the 



