294 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



An elongate and rather pretty little species, having pubescence 

 somewhat similar in character to that of M. inusitata. 



In dedicating this species to JNIr. George Masters, our veteran 

 entomologist, I would like to place on record my gratitude to him 

 for the very great kindness he has always shown me, in giving me 

 advice on collecting and preserving, in giving new and rare 

 species which I could never otherwise have obtained, in comparing 

 species with those in his own and the Macleay Museum Collections, 

 pointing out the variations of different species, and in many other 

 ways being of considerable service to me. 



MORDELLA 6-LINEATA, n.sp. 



Black; antennte testaceous at base, piceous-brown towards apex; 

 palpi testaceous, brown at apex; four anterior tibise and tarsi 

 piceous-black, posterior spurs testaceous. The pubescence is 

 purplish — on the elytra with a shifting, steel-blue gloss (most 

 noticeable when a light is thrown on the apex). White hairs; 

 sparse on the head; narrowly bordering the prothorax; sparse on 

 the shoulders; and forming three short, rather feeble, very narrow 

 lines down the middle of each elytron, the inside one of which is 

 feebly traceable on to the shoulders, the middle one the shortest; 

 a few white hairs also down the suture; undersurface as the head. 



Aculeus short, wider than deep, apex truncate. Posterior 

 spurs unequal, the longest more than twice the length of its 

 fellow, and about three-quarters the length of the first tarsal 

 joint. Length 3^^, width 1| mm. 



Hah. — Galston. 



A short, robust species, wider than deep (1§ x 1^ mm), the 

 elytra not narrower at apex than at base. It is proportionately 

 broader than any species known to me. 



MoRDELLA IGNOTA, n.Sp. 



Black; antenna© and palpi testaceous, the former slightly darker 

 towards the apex; anterior legs testaceous, basal half of femora 

 and tarsi piceous; four posterior legs black; spurs to posterior 

 reddish. Above with silvery-grey pubescence, pure on the head, 



