168 Arthur M. Lea: 



occasionally conjoined and even joined to the basal ones. On 

 one specimen the elytra are entirely black, except for a faint 

 trace of red on each shoulder. 



163. A. ivollastoni. King. 



MOKDKLLIDAE. 



ItU. Mordel/a brevis^ Lea. 



Eia'ht specimens from the island are before me, and in all of 

 them the clothinp: is more yellowish than white (as in the 

 types) ; but as in many other species the colour of the clothing 

 similai'ly varies. I attach no importance to it. The most com- 

 mon form of the elytral pattern is that figured in Tra.ns. Ent. 

 Soc, 1902, plate 2, fig. 33 ; but the island specimens vary just 

 as do those from W. Australia, especially in regard to ihe 

 longitudinal basal marking. 



165. M. australis^ Boi. 



166. M. coiiimuiiis, Wath. 



167. M. graphiptera, Champ. 



168. M. limbata, Watli. 



Oedemeridae. 



169. Copidiia litoralis, n. sp. 



Head (base of upper surface and sides of lower surface black), 

 prothorax (two, four or more black or blackish spots excepted), 

 coxae, femora (tips excepted), lower surface of front tibiae and 

 of three (or four) basal joints of antennae, and parts of palpi 

 flan^ous ; scutelluu), meso-, metasternum, abdomen, a spot en 

 each side of prosternum close to coxae, and antennae black ; 

 elytra metallic green. Densely clothed (but prothorax almost 

 glabrous), with short, pale pubescence. 



Head smooth, with small punctures. Eyes moderately faceted, 

 feebly notched. Antennae extending to abdiuuen, third joint 

 verv' slightly longer than fourth and twice the length of second. 

 Protliora r longer than wide, widest near apex, apex feebly in- 

 curved to middle, impressed near base; with small and irregu- 

 larly distributed punctures. Elytra subparallel to beyond the 



