302 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



four anterior legs and posterior femora testaceous-red; posterior 

 femora and abdominal segments dark piceous-brown; antennae 

 reddish, apical joints infuscate. Elytra with yellowish pubescence 

 along humeral stripe, and a rather large spot near apex of each 

 (apparently concealing an obscure reddish spot). 

 //rt6._Blackheath {Mr. G. Masters). 



var. MODESTA. 



Black; muzzle, prothorax (its middle infuscate), a squarish 

 patch on shoulders and four anterior legs testaceous-red; posterior 

 tibiae and tarsi obscure red; abdominal segments piceous-black; 

 antennae brown, basal joints paler. Elytra with yellowish 

 pubescence on humeral spots and along suture. 



fJab. — Forest Reefs. 



MORDELLA DISTINCTA, n.sp. 



Black; a squarish patch on shoulders, four anterior legs and 

 posterior tarsi obscure testaceous-red; posterior femora and 

 abdominal segments dark piceous-brown; antennas testaceous-red 

 at base, darkening to brown at apex. Humeral maculte, under- 

 surface and legs with obscure greyish pubescence. 



Aculeus moderately long, rather wide at base, and moderately 

 sharjDly pointed, strongly narrowed near the base. Posterior 

 spurs hardly equal, the longest not quite half the length of the 

 first tarsal joint. Length 2J, width 1 (vix) mm. 



Hab. — Blackheath (Mr. G. Masters); Forest Reefs (Lea). 



A species with a larger prothorax than is usual among its 

 congeners. The humeral spots should be a very distinctive 

 feature. 



MORDELLA WlBURDI, n.Sp. 



Black; elytra with a testaceous-red stripe extending from the 

 shoulders almost to the apex; four anterior legs testaceous, 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi somewhat darker, their apices piceous, 

 posterior femora black; antennae testaceous-red, apical joints 

 darker. Head and prothorax somewhat sparsely clothed with 

 silvery-yellow pubescence, elytra with golden — sometimes almost 



