Lea — On Australian Coleoptera 101 



stices are really sliglillx' elexatcil. liut appear to lie rather cnnspicuon^lv so owing 

 to their clothing;. There are twehe siiecimen> in the Alnselini, one of which was 

 marked 'WIcsolita sp. ii." hy Mr. I'.lacklnirn. 



MESOLITA EPHIPPIATA sp. nov. 



niack, in [ilaces \\itli a metallic greenish gloss; antennae and hases of femora 

 reddish. Denseh' clotheil with short, depressed, hrownisli puhescence. hecoming 

 whitish on head and most of under-snrface and of legs, elytra with consi)icuous 

 pale markings; with mimerons hairs on muzzle; tihiac. especially the hind pair, 

 with dense setae. 



//('(/(/ with small, crowded, more or less concealed punctures; median line 

 narrow, shining and well-dehned throughout. Antennae long and thin, distinctly 

 pas.sing elytra, third joint about twice the length of hrst. and much longer than 

 fourth, the others gradually decreasing in length, sixth about the length of first. 

 Prothora.v distinctly longer than wide, sides rather slightly rounde<l in middle, 

 base antl apex equal and truncate, near base a shallow transverse impression, 

 becoming deeper and with a few large punctures on sides ; punctures as dense as 

 on head and less concealed. lUytra at extreme base scarcely the width of pro- 

 thorax, from slightly before the middle somewhat inflated, and thence narrowed 

 to apex, where, towards the outer side, each is produced into a short stout spine: 

 punctures dense and \er)- minute, but a few large ones about base. Emur front 

 lc(js moderately long, the hind ones ver}- long, about one-third of the hind femora 

 ])assing elytra. Length, 10-11-5 "i'"- 



Hab. Queensland; Kuranda ( F. P. Dodd and H. Hacker). Cairns (A. M. 

 Lea ). 'i'ype, 1. 930''. 



.^tructuralh' fairh- close to M. liiwulaUi. but the elytra are narrower and 

 e\en more dejiressed about the liase. and the clothing is \ery different; the 

 elytral markings are somewhat a.-^ described in M. tra/isi'crsa. but the fascia 

 crowning the apical slope is \ery narrow, not wide as in the tiguie. anil each 

 elytron is armed with a short sjjine at the outer ajiex. The suture and tips of 

 elytra are sometimes obscurely reddish, the tips of the antennae are sometimes 

 infuscated. Most of the clothing on the elytra is of a dingy-brown, but about 

 the base there is a conspicuous, bluish-white, saddle-like patch, interrupted near 

 and running parallel with the suture, and there is a conspicuous narrow semi- 

 circle of similar pubescence crowning the apical slope, and slightly enlarged at 

 the suture ; the scutellnm is clothed with dark pubescence in the middle, but 

 siKery at the sides. The side pieces of the mesosternum are \isible from above 

 as thin, silvery processes, at the base of the elytra. 



