232 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on nexo Colcoptera 



aureo-sericeo ; singulo elytro maciilis quinqne, una basali 

 brevi juxta suturam, altera ia medio basis, duabus fere ad 

 medium, altera ante apicem majore aureo-sericeis ; corpore 

 subtus plus minusve aureo-sericeo ; labro, anteunarum 

 basi, palpis, pedibusque anticis piceis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 



Resembles M. communis, but is relatively sliorter and 

 more robust, and the spots on the elytra are much larger. 

 The golden pubescence on the elytra forms a very narrow 

 border along the base, an elongate spot on each side of 

 the suture beneath the scutellum, an elongate spot in the 

 middle of the base, and there is a very small spot above 

 the shoulder ; about the middle of each elytron there are 

 two spots, the outer one round, the inner one elongate and 

 oblique (nearly forming, with its fellow on the other 

 elytron, a V-mark) ; there is also a large spot before the 

 apex. The Avhole of the under side of the insect is clothed 

 with yellow pubescence, except a spot on the side of the 

 metasternum and the sides of the abdomen, which, however, 

 has a spot on the side of each of the segments. The 

 anterior legs, and the intermediate femora, the labrum, 

 base of the antennae and palpi are pitchy. 



Hab. — S. Australia (Bakewell). 



There is a specimen in the Museum Collection, also 

 from S. Australia, which differs from the above in having 

 the scutellar spot replaced by a fine sutural line, which 

 joins the inner of the two spots at the middle of the elytra. 

 This may be a mere variety of elegans. 



Mordella trivialis, sp. n. 



Elongata, nigra ; capite thoraceque flavo-sericeis; elytris 

 humeris macula lunata flavo-sericea, fascia mediana tenui 

 fortiter dentata, maculaque subapicali albidis ; corpore 

 subtus plus minusve griseo-sericeo ; antennarum basi, 

 palpis, pedibus anterioribus femoribusque intermediis 

 piceis. 



Long. 2i lin. 



ThiS species much resembles M. communis, but is a 

 little more elongate, and the markings on the elytra are 

 different. Head and thorax uniformly clothed with yellow 

 pubescence. Elytra with a short lunate spot on the 

 shoulder ; there is a trace of white on the suture beloAv 

 the scutellum ; there is a very narrow white fascia a little 

 before the middle of the elytra ; it commences on the 



