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A very beautiful species. Of thirteen specimens sent by 

 Mr. Dodd the markings of ten (except about the shoulders) 

 are almost identical ancji on each elytron consist of a large 

 basal spot (sometimes continued across the shoulder to the 

 side, but occasionally isolated from the side, which then has 

 one or two vittae), a smaller (but still fairly large) median 

 spot, and a large subapical spot (sometimes touching both 

 side and suture), on the side there is a small and very variable 

 spot above the middle of the metasternum; on the abdomen 

 there is a large irregular dark spot on each side of each 

 segment, but elsewhere its clothing is golden. On another 

 specimen (fig. 109) the markings are as described, except 

 that on the dark parts there are numerous scattered golden 

 hairs ; on two others the golden markings on the elytra are 

 all combined, but leave an irregular dark fascia behind the 

 basal spots; on looking at these specimens from certain 

 directions the normal spots are traceable by their denser 

 clothing than on the adjacent parts. 



A specimen (fig. 110) from Bulli (Blackburn's collec- 

 tion, from T. G. Sloane) apparently belongs to the species, 

 but has the pale pubescence silvery instead of golden, and 

 on each elytron the following markings : an oval disconnected 

 spot near the base, an elongate patch from near the middle 

 to near the apex, with a lateral extension, and a slight 

 basal margin. 



MORDELLA QUADRIMACULATA, 11. sp. 



PL xv., fig. 111. 



Black ; parts of antennae and of legs and two spots on 

 each elytron obscurely reddish. Pubescence greyish, or black 

 with a bluish gloss, except on the elytral spots, where it is 

 more or less silvery. 



Moderately elongate. Scutellum briefly subtriangular. 

 Pygidium rather long and acute. Antennae with fifth to 

 tenth joints not very wide but distinctly serrated. Spurs to 

 hind tibiae very unequal, the longer fully twice the length of 

 the other. Length, 2J-3J- mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales. Type in Macleay Museum; 

 co-type, I. 6004, in South Australian Museum. 



A small species allied to distinct a and wiburdi, from the 

 former distinguished by the four-spotted elytra with the 

 subhumeral spot not commencing at the actual base; from the 

 latter by the complete isolation of the spots. In some respects 

 it resembles the four-spotted variety of humeralis, but the 

 size is consistently smaller, and the form is distinctly 

 narrower. The elytral spots are of moderate size, the sub- 

 basal one being larger than the other ; it is somewhat obliquely 



