268 HETEROMERA. 
Fourth joint of the anterior and intermediate tarsi dilated and excavate, extended 
beneath the apical joint to two-thirds of its length ; species small, short, broad, 
with the head in part, the thorax at the sides in front, and the extreme apex 
of the elytra testaceous, the pubescence partaking of the ground-colour; 
antenne very slender; pygidium long and slender ; apical joint of the maxil- 
lary palpi broadly securiform we tee ne 
Fourth joint of the anterior and ssitesrtnelishs tarsi filiform, simple. 
Intermediate tarsi and tibie about equal in length; body black or pitchy- 
brown, the elytra with golden- or cinereo-pubescent spots; pygidium short, 
conical; apical joint of the maxillary palpi comparatively slender. 
Antenne with joints 6-11 broadly dilated, and forming an elongate club; 
joints 6 and 7 yellow, 8-11 black s 
Antenne with joints 5-11 broadly dilated, and forming an Selon gai at, ‘the 
penultimate joints transverse. 
Antennal joints 5-9 black, 10 and 11 yellow 
Antennal joints 5-7 yellow, 8-11 black oS Aly Rar twist ie 
Antennz with joints 5-11 moderately widened, the penuiltiminte joints almowi 
or quite as long as broad ; joints 8-10 infuscate, 11 yellow. 
Size rather large; the thorax with —e spots; the ee 
obtuse . 
Size very small; the thorax with three vittee the pyeidiam pointed 
Intermediate tarsi longer than the tibiz of the same pair of legs; body black or 
pitchy-brown, the thorax and elytra with or without cinereous- or yellowish- 
pubescent markings; antenne slender, joints 5-11 a little widened. 
Apical joint of the maxillary palpi elongate-triangular; each elytron with 
a T-shaped mark at the middle and a curved anteapical fascia cinereo- 
pubescent ; the thorax with three black vitte 
Apical joint of the maxillary palpi oblong-ovate, obligielys truncate at ‘the 
apex ; the elytra with numerous spots and a post-median fascia cinereo- 
pubescent . . we es . Pg eee 
Apical joint of the ociliney palpi stout, elongate-triimewhit: thorax and 
elytra uniformly pubescent . oa gee ey hai 
Apical joint of the maxillary palpi in the male sabquadranguise, more than twice 
as broad as long; fourth joint of the anterior and intermediate tarsi dilated 
and excavate. 
1. Mordella clavicornis. (Tab. XI. fig. 13, var. émperator.) 
Mordella clavicornis, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. xii. p. 424 (1818'). 
Mordeila lunata, Sturm, Cat. p. 71, t. 3. fig. 24 (1826)’. 
Mordella lunifera, De}. Cat. 3rd edit. p. 240°. 
Mordella nobilis, De}. Cat. loc. cit.*. 
Mordella pugionata, De}. Cat. loc. cit.’. 
Species 47. 
Species 48. 
Species 49, 50. 
Species 51. 
Species 52. 
Species 53. 
Species 54. 
Species 55, 56. 
Species 57. 
Species 58. 
Mordella imperator, Cast. Hist. Nat. Ins., Col. ii. p. 265°; Lacord. Gen. Col. v. p. 609, 
nota 2”, 
