564 Mr. K. G. Blair on the 
and halfway between it on the lateral margin, No. 3 rather 
further behind 2 than 2 is behind the basal thoracic, and 
very much nearer the suture, No. 4, small, a little behind 3 
and in direct line with the basal thoracic and No. 1, No. 5, 
towards apex, a little further from the suture than No. 3; 
an elongate spot on each side of base of pygidium ; on the 
under side, one on the metathoracie epimeron, one in the 
middle of the lateral border of the posterior coxa, and one 
in the antero-lateral angle of each of the first three ventral 
segments. Style long, straight, acutely pointed at apex. 
Length 124 mm., including style; 8 mm. to tip of elytra. 
A single specimen, Labasa, xi. 14 (R. Veitch). 
Distinct among all these large, white-spotted forms in the 
lack of scutellar spots on the elytra, in conjunction with 
the lack of extensive white markings along the base of the 
thorax. Its nearest ally is probably M. 16-guttata, Montr., 
from New Caledonia, from which it differs in the number 
and distribution of the spots. It also resembles M. funerea, 
Pasc., from New Zealand, though in this the white spots 
are yet fewer. The position of the white spot on the pos- 
terior coxee is unusual, and is similar in M. 16-guttata ; in 
most species it is situated in the antero-lateral angle. Of 
the Australian species M. chrysophora, Lea, is probably its 
closest ally. 
Mordella nigroterminata, sp. n. 
Small, stout, obscurely rufous above, with the head and 
apex of elytra black, antenne and abdomen paler, rufo- 
fulvous. Head, except a large space between the eyes, 
clothed with silvery-grey pubescence ; thorax with a 
narrow line along the anterior margin, a small spot near 
each anterior angle, and a larger spot on each side of the 
middle of the base of the same colour; scutellum strongly 
transverse but not emarginate at apex, clothed with silvery- 
grey pubescence; elytra with an elongate oblique spot 
behind each shoulder, an oval spot just before the middle and 
not far from the suture, and a squarish spot halfway between 
this and the apex silvery grey ; the derm beyond this spot 
is distinctly blacker than that of the greater part of the 
elytron. Pygidium acute, almost twice as long as hypo- 
pygium. 
Length 4 mm. (style included). 
1 ex., Nausori, Oct. 1920 (R. Veitch). 
In its short stout build this little species bears some 
