SGG Mr. K. G. Blair oti the 



Colour entirely flavo- or rufo-testaoeous (ex- 

 cept eyes nnd the comb-ridges of the 



posterior tibiie) '3. 



i*. Ill-ad yellow; elytra with the base nnd two 

 large round spots ou each yellow ; ridge 

 formula 3:i?.2.0 xttnthovcphala, sp. n. 



Head and body black, elytra with pale mark- 

 ings forming three rather irregular trans- 

 verse bands ; formula 3:3.2.1 f/>reiiic<wi/l, .sp. n. 



3. Anal style about twice as long as hypopy- 



gium, tapering 4. 



A)ial style much longer, slender, sinuate ; 

 ridge formula 3:3.2.2; inner spur nearly 

 as long as 1st tarsal joint t/raciliaiuda, sp. ii. 



4. Formula 5:4.2.2; spur ^ as long as 1st tarsal 



joint dodunea-, Montr. 



Furmula 4:3.2.2; spur % as long as 1st tarsal 

 joint consimiUa, sp. u. 



Mordellistena wanthocephala, sp. i». 



Elongate, narrow, thinly pubescent ; black above, with 

 the bead, scntellum, Ijase of elytra and two round spots on 

 each, one before and one after tbe middle, pale Havoiis ; 

 underside and legs also black with tlavous bands. Head 

 eraarginate bel.iud ; prothorax as long as wide, its greatest 

 width across the base, anterior margin [jromiuent, anterior 

 angles obtusely rounded, posterior angles rectangular, base 

 straight at sides, strongly produced in middle; scutellum 

 minute ; elytra elongate, parallel ; clothed with rather 

 s])arse fuscous pubescence, except ou the pale areas, where 

 it becomes silvery. Pygidium long and slender, more than 

 four times as long as bypopygium, bent in middle and feebly 

 sinuate towards apex, fuscous above except at base, flavous 

 beneath. Anterior legs, basal bait of intermediate tibiic, and 

 base of posterior tibiie and taisal joints flavous, posterior 

 tibiae ^vitb a short subapical oljlitjue ridge, and two very 

 long ones about middle, extending right acioss the outer 

 face of tibiffi ; spurs unequal, flavous. 



Length (with style) 3 mm., (witbout) 2 mm. 



.3 ex., Labasa, xii.21(/f. Veitcli) ; 1 ex., Mts. Lautoka, 

 xii.21 {II'. Greenicuud). 



'ibis pretty little sjjceies cannot well be confused with 

 any other, owing to its striking pattern. 



Mordellistena greenwoodi, sp. n. 

 Black, witli parts of the elytra, the antenme, and anU lidi 



