A NEW SPECIES OF MOBDELLISTENA (COLEOPTERA, FAM. 

 MORDELLIDAE) PARASITIC ON TERMITES. 



By Geeald F. Hill, Townsville, N.Q. 



(Two Text-figures.) 



[Read 30th August, 1922.] 



MORDELLISTENA ERYTHRODERES, n.Sp. (Text-figS. 1 and 2.) 



Black, prothorax, part of pygidium, inner half of hind coxae and spurs to 

 hind tibiae reddish-flavous. Densely clothed with short pubescence, black on the 

 black parts, golden on the red, but silvery on parts of th under surface and 

 legs. 



Moderately long and thin. Antennae (Text-fig. 1) rather long, extending 

 almost to base of second segment of abdomen. ScuteUum small. Pygidium acute 

 but rather short for the genus. Hind-tibiae with longer spur more than 3 times 



1-2. Mordellistena erythroderes, n.sp. 

 1. Antenna. 2. Hind-leg. 



the leng-th of the shorter, with three long oblique rows of bluntly-tipped, flattened 

 setae; basal joint of hind tarsi also has three oblique rows of similar setae, second 

 and tfiird with two each (Text-fig. 2). Length 5—5.5 mm. 



