Australian and Tasmanian Mordcllidee. 3 



Mordella tomentosa, Boisd. 

 tristis, Lea. 

 trivialis, Waterh. 

 nndosa, Macl. 

 w-fasciata, Lea. 

 var. modesta, Lea. 

 var. venusta, Lea. 

 ivaterhousei, Champ. = ohliqua, Waterli., n. 

 preoc. 

 „ ivihiirdi, Lea. 

 Mordellistena aspersa, Champ. 



„ austrina, Champ. = Mordella setipes, Lea. 



„ hrunoieipennis, Macl. (Mordella).* 



„ cuspidata, Macl. {Mordella). 



„ fitsea, Lea {Mordella). 



„ jucunda, Champ. = Mordella longipes, Lea. 



Tomouia aterrima, Macl. {Mordella). 

 „ Jiavieans, Waterh. 

 „ laticeps, Lea {Mordella). 

 „ Q-lineata, Lea {Moo^lella). 



Mordella 8-maculata, Macl. (Plate II, figs. 28, 47.) 



Mr. Champion f queries this species as being a synonym 

 of Jf". leucosticta; it appears, however, to be sufficiently 

 distinct, although allied to that insect. Compare figures 

 28 and 47 with 26, 27 and 48. 



Mordella limbata, Waterh. (Plate I, figs. 7, 8, 9.) 



This is a widely distributed and very variable species ; 

 M. w-alhitm is one of its varieties and possibly M. pro- 

 misc'ita is another. 



Mordella 18-maculata, Lea. (Plate II, figs. 30, 31, 49.) 



A specimen from Western Australia under examination 

 belongs to this species, but its elytral markings are very 

 different to those of the type. On the prothorax, however, 

 the unusual markings are identical. 



* Mr. W. J. Kainbow kindly examined the type of this species at 

 my request, and informed me that it has the apical hinder-part of 

 the posterior tibiae furnished with two ridges ; it is, therefore, a 

 Mordellistena, and is probably the M. austrina of Champion. 



t Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 267. 



