298 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



length, longest slightly bent, about half the length of first tarsal 

 joint. Length lf-2|, width |nim. 



Ilab. — Sydney. 



In some lights there appears to be a dark stripe down the 

 suture. The colour of the posterior tarsi is the distinctive feature 

 of this species. 



MORDELLA FUSCA, ll.sp. 



Head, prothorax and undersurface piceous-l^lack; elytra, 

 antennae, legs (one specimen has the posterior femora black), the 

 apex of metasternum and abdominal segments piceous-brown; 

 sf)urs to posterior tibite testaceous. Rather sparsely covered all 

 over with yellowish-grey pubescence. 



Aculeus moderately long, broad at the base, strongl}^ nairowed 

 about the basal third; apex sharply pointed. Posterior legs thick, 

 spurs equal and half the length of the first tarsal joint. Length 

 3, width I mm. 



Hah. — Forest Reefs, Tamworth. 



Somewhat resembling M. setipes in appearance, differing from 

 it in being more robust, smaller and somewhat differently coloured. 



MORDELLA SETIPES, 11. Sp. 



Castaneous, four anterior legs and antennae paler, abdominal 

 segments with their margins narrowly paler; four posterior til^iie 

 and posterior tarsi tipped with piceous; posterior tibire and tarsi 

 with stiff compressed piceous set;©. Covered all over with 

 yellowish pubescence, densest on elytra, longest on sides of meso- 

 and metasternum. 



Aculeus rather long, broader than deep, l)asal half narrowly 

 margined. Longest spur of posterior tibiae about the length of 

 the first tarsal joint, shortest not a fourth. Length 4-5^, width 

 l(vix)-Hmm. 



Hah. — Galston, Tamworth, Forest Reefs, Sydney; beaten from 

 drying leaves of Eucalypts not long felled. 



An elongate, very shining species, varying slightly in colour. 

 I have several small specimens from S3^dney which I cannot 

 separate from this species. 



