Mordellidee of the Fiji Islands. 565 
resemblance to a Tomoxia, but the scutellum, though trans- 
verse, is bluntly rounded at the apex instead of being 
emarginate. Other species of similar form, but different 
coloration, are M. graphiptera, Champ., and some un- 
described species from the Malay Archipelago. 
Mordella veitchi, sp. n. 
Small, slender, black, with the exception of the labrum, 
palpi, base of antenne, anterior legs, and posterior tibial 
spurs, which are testaceous; pubescence black variegated 
with silvery-grey which is distributed as follows :—head, 
almost entirely ; thorax, anterior and posterior margins, a 
pair of submedian lines on disc, slightly oblique, and a spot 
on each side between these and the anterior angle; scutel- 
lum ; elytra, a humeral spot on each, an oblique spot 
behind it extending nearly to the suture, an oblique spot 
near the outer margin just behind the middle which is 
confluent with a common sutural spot at about two-thirds 
of their length. Antenne slender, 2nd joint larger than 
3rd, 4th to 10th serrate within but longer than wide. 
Intermediate tarsi a little longer than the tibiz, first joint 
longer than the rest together. Spurs of posterior tibic 
unequal, the inner three times as long as the outer. Style 
slender, feebly bent downwards about middle, twice as long 
as hypopygium. 
Length 33 mm. (style included). 
2 ex., Labasa, Dec. 1921 (R. Veitch). 
A small slender species with the general appearance of a 
Mordellistena, but with no oblique comb-ridges on the 
posterior tibiz and tarsi. The spots and bands of pale 
pubescence on the elytra form two V-shaped marks, the 
anterior originating from the shoulders and open on the 
suture, the second situated a little behind the middle. 
MorDELLISTENA. 
Small species differing from Mordella in the presence of 
oblique comb-like ridges on the outer face of the posterior 
tibize and of the first two or three tarsal joints. 
Key to the Species. 
1. Colour black with more or less extensive 
yellow marke sets. der «aie oo). 6 old» vie’ 2 
