BY H J. CARTER. 403 



Adelodemus excisicollis, n.sp. 



Oblong-oval, opaque brown, covered above and below with a 

 thick squamose derm. 



Head : labrum ernarginate, punctate, with apex concave and 

 fringed with brown hair; epistomal ridge clearly separated from 

 front by a transverse depression, front subbilobed and depressed, 

 with a longitudinal raised line in middle; eyes narrower than in 

 A. squalidus Macl.; antennae short and stout (not reaching 

 beyond apical half of prothorax when set back); first joint thick, 

 second very small and bead-like, third joint longest but not so 

 long as fourth and fifth combined, joints 4-10 equal, eleventh 

 longer than tenth and ovoid. Prothorax (4 x 5*5 mm.) widest 

 behind middle, as wide at base as at apex, slightly convex on 

 disc, with broad recurved foliate margins, deeply excised near 

 hind angles (quasi-bilobed), anterior margin bisinuate, produced 

 in middle in two raised humps (one on each side of the wide 

 central channel), anterior angles prominent and acute; sides sub- 

 angulately widened to beyond half-way, then suddenly excised 

 rectangularly to nearly the full width of the lateral foliation, the 

 posterior lobe forming a wide subrectangular posterior angle, this 

 also recurved; base bisinuate and divided by the wide sutural 

 channel. Disc and head alike covered with rugose punctures, 

 more or less obscured by the squamose clothing. Elytra broader 

 than prothorax at base, but the maximum width of each approxi- 

 mately equal; oval, convex, shoulders narrowly rounded, apex 

 more acuminate and with steeper declivity than A. squamosus. 

 Striate-punctate, both striae and punctures somewhat obscured by 

 derm, the intervals strongly pustulose and punctate, especially 

 towards sides. Sternum foveate-punctate. Legs and abdomen 

 squamose, femora hairy. Tarsi and tibiae very much as in 

 A. squamosus. Dimensions — 15x6 mm. 



Hab. — Victoria (received from Mr. C. French, F.L.S., Govern- 

 ment Entomologist of Victoria); Gippsland (one specimen taken 

 by Mr. H. M. Giles). 



This interesting addition to the Australian Tenebrionidae is a 

 close ally of A. squamosus Macl., in its general structure, oral 



