,'►02. y\v. K. Cx. Blair on the 



elytra, wliioli is s^oldom tlio nas^o in M. przewahhyi. Tlio 

 description of the I'omi of the hejid, the senlptnre, and 

 coloration of the elytra a'^ree well with this species, lint the 

 characters cited above indicate a dilTerent, tliouj;h perliaps 

 closely allied, gcnns. 



Faui. Curculionidse. 



Leptomias sp. 



Allied to L. wnltoni, Marshall, from Siklvim ; the sinj^le 

 specimen is incomplete and insufficiently well preserved for 

 description. 



lj\Y\.—The Mordellidc-e of the Fiji Islands. 

 By K. G. Blair, B.Sc, F.E.S. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the Jiritish Museum.) 



A SINGLE species of this interesting^ family appears to have 

 heen hitherto recorded from the Fiji Islands, viz., Mordel- 

 listena dodonea, Montr., originally described from New 

 Caledonia. A small collection sent from time to time to 

 the Imperial Bureau of Entomology for identification con- 

 tains not less than nine species, including that nientioned. 

 Of the others one species is identified with some doubt as 

 MordeUa \0-guttata, F. ; the rest appear to be new. 



Only two genera are represented, Mordtlla and Mordtl- 

 listena. The species of the latter are very similar to the 

 small species of MordeUa, but are distinguished by the 

 presence on the outer face of the posterior tibiae and first 

 three tarsal joints of series of stiff bristles forming comb- 

 like ridges; these extend from the posterior edge of the 

 tibise and run obliquely upwards but usually not right across 

 the external face of the tibia. 



Key to the Species of MordeUa. 



1. T^ar<re species (10 mm. or over), black, clotliod 



with black pubesceuce varied with numerous 



white spots 2. 



Small species (Ip.'-sthan o mm.), bhtck or fus- 

 cous, clothed with black pubescence, varied 

 with silvery-grey spots or bands 3. 



2. Elvtra with scutellar wliite spots ; four con- 



fluent white spots along- base of thorax .... lO-ffuttata, F. 



