BY WILILAM MACLEAY, F.L.S., &C. Sl^ 



whitish spot behind the scutellum, a long hook-shapod spot on 

 each side, four distinct round spots placed transversely about one- 

 third from the apex and two similarly placed near the apex, white. 

 Pygidium short and acutely pointed. This might be a Tomaxia. 



Length, 1^ lines. 



Hah. — Mossman River. 



74. MORDELLA NIGRANS. 



Oval, black, subnitid, sericeous. Head and thorax scarcely 

 pubescent. Elytra without distinct mark, but showing in some 

 lights a very faint oblique longitudinal vitta. Under surface 

 unspotted. Thorax scarcely transverse. 



Length, 2 lines. 



Hab. — Mossman River. 



75. MORDELLA OBSCURIPENNIS. 



Of oblong form, sericeous, subnitid, reddish yellow with the 

 elytra and abominal segments brown. The antennae are rather 

 long and very slender and filiform, the head has a small smooth 

 line on the vertex only visible under a lens, and the pygidium is 

 long, slender and very acute. 



Length, 1 J lines. 



Hah. — Mossman Rivei*. 



76. MoRDELLA FLAVICANS. 



Of a more oval form than the preceding, entirely pale reddish- 

 yellow, with the exception of the apex of the elytra which 

 is brownish, sericeous, and sub-opaque, the antennpe are thicker 

 and more dentate than in M. obscuripennis, the pygidium slight 

 and acute. 



Length, 1 line. 



Hab. — Mossman River. 



