566 Mr. K. G. Blair on the 
Colour entirely flavo- or rufo-testaceous (ex- 
cept eyes and the comb-ridges of the 
posterior tibie) . RR Se ee Lea Ole Ot 
2. Head yellow; ely tra with the ‘base and two 
large round spots on each yellow; ridge 
formula 3:2.2.0,..... mietabestets svanthocephala, sp. 
Head and body black, ely tra with pale mark- 
ings forming three rather irregular trans- 
verse bands; formula3:3.2.1.......... greenwoodt, sp. n. 
3. Anal style about twice as long as hypopy- 
PIU y LADELINE peels oseele aerate Hane Pek 
Anal style much longer, slender, ‘sinuate ; ; 
ridge formula 8:8. 9, 2; inner spur nearly 
as lone as Ist tarsal joint . pA SOR iia conc gracilicauda, sp. n. 
4, Formula 5:4.2.2; ; spur 3 as long as lst tarsal 
FOU ede Serccastete pen satereatee ote ee hore dodonee, Montr, 
Formula 4:3.2.2; spur 2 as long ; as s Ist tarsal 
HOUR a. orcas coastal. oe BU Ghee eer teases Consimilis, sp. n. 
o 
Mordellistena xanthocephala, sp. n. 
Elongate, narrow, thinly pubescent; black above, with 
the head, scutellum, base of elytra and two round spots on 
each, one before and one after the middle, pale flavous ; 
underside and legs also black with flavous bands. Head 
emarginate belind ; prothorax as long as wide, its greatest 
width across the base, anterior margin prominent, anterior 
angles obtusely rounded, posterior angles rectangular, base 
straight at sides, strongly produced in middle; scutellum 
minute; elytra elongate, parallel; clothed with rather 
sparse fuscous pubescence, except on the pale areas, where 
it becomes silvery. Pygidium long and slender, more than 
four times as long as hypopygium, bent in middle and feebly 
sinuate towards apex, fuscous above except at base, flavous 
beneath. Anterior legs, basal half of intermediate tibiee, and 
base of posterior tibize and tarsal joints flavous, posterior 
tibize with a short subapical oblique ridge, and two very 
long ones about middle, extending right across the outer 
face of tibiee ; ; spurs s unequal, flavous. 
Length (with style) 3 mm., (without) 2 mm. 
3 ex., Labasa, xii. 21(R. Veitch) ;'1 ex., Mts. Lautoka, 
5a tad A Greenwood). 
This pretty little species cannot well be confused with 
any other, owing to its stiking pattern. 
Mordellistena greenwoodi, sp. n. 
Black, with parts of the elytra, the antennz, and anterior 
