236 Mr. C. O. Waterhouse on new Coleoptera 



yellow pubescence ; the abdomen has a spot on the side of 

 the first and second segments, the margins of the third and 

 fourth, and the entire fifth segment clothed with purple 

 pubescence. The aculeus is rather short. 

 Hab. — Australia. 



Mordella obliqua, sp. n. 



Fusco-nigra,griseo-flavo-pubescens; elytris fusco-nigris, 

 plaga basali triangulari griseo-flavo-pubescenti. 

 Long. 2^ lin. 



Rather an elongate, narrow species. Thorax convex 

 and rather less broad than any of the above described. 

 Elytra rather long, clothed with yellowish pubescence, 

 with the sides pitchy-black. A line drawn from below 

 the shoulder to the suture a little way from the apex 

 would be the line of demarcation between the yellow 

 pubescence and the dark margins. The abdomen is 

 fuscous-black, with the usual silky spots on the sides 

 of the first, second and third segments. The base of the 

 antennae and the anterior femora are slightly pitchy. 



Hah. — S. Australia (Bakewell). 



This species has somewhat the appearance of an Anaspis. 



CERAMBYCIDiE. 



Zoedia elegans, sp. n.? 



Nigra, griseo-pubescens; thorace lateribus acute tuber- 

 culato ; antennis, femorum basi, tibiis tarsisque rufis ; 

 elytris macula discoidali cuneiformi picea, linea alba mar- 

 ginata et nigro-circumdata. 



Long. 3| lin. 



Whether or hot I am justified in naming the specimen 

 fi^om which this diagnosis is taken must be a matter of 

 opinion. It has been recently received from Tasmania, 

 but I am uncertain whether or not it may be a variety 

 of Clytus v-album, Boisd. 



The type of Z. triangularis from Melbourne is now in 

 the British Museum, I can, therefore, say for certain that 

 it differs from that not only in having the head and thorax 

 black, but in having the head more hollowed between the 

 antennae and without any distinct longitudinal channel, 

 the sculpture is altogether a little finer, especially on the 

 head and thorax, and the tubercle on the side of the 



