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placed on the shoulder, but touches neither the base nor side; 

 the other is transversely placed slightly beyond the middle; 

 both are rendered more conspicuous by their clothing than 

 they otherwise would be. There are six specimens before me 

 agreeing well in colour,' a seventh is without the postmedian 

 spots. 



MORDELLA OBLIQUIRUFA, n. Sp. 



PI. xv., fig. 112. 



Black; parts of front legs, base of antennae, and spurs 

 of hind tibiae obscurely reddish, a conspicuous reddish vitta 

 from the shoulder to about the middle of each elytron. 



Rather wide and compact. Scutellum small and semi- 

 circular. Pygidium rather long and acutely pointed. 

 Antennae with fifth to tenth joints rather wide. Spurs to 

 hind tibiae slightly unequal. Length, 4 J mm. 



#«&.— New South Wales: Bulli (Blackburn's collec- 

 tion, from T. G. Sloane). Type (unique), I. 5887. 



Considerably wider in proportion than subvittata, 

 pygidium shorter and more acutely pointed, and the head 

 from certain directions appearing to be of a conspicuous blue 

 or greenish-blue; the pronotum, and to a less extent the other 

 parts, have also a bluish iridescence. It is much wider and 

 larger than wiburdi. The pubescence is mostly blackish, but 

 is more or less silvery on the muzzle, extreme base of pro- 

 notum, scutellum, suture, and elytral vittae, and on parts 

 of abdomen. 



MORDELLA CALOPTERA, n. Sp. 



PI. xv., figs. 113-115. 



Flavous; three (or two) elytral fasciae, mesosternum, tips 

 of hind tibiae, and of three basal joints of hind tarsi black, 

 or blackish; antennae more or less infuscated. Pubescence 

 more or less golden on the pale parts, blackish on the other. 



Rather short and compact. Scutellum small and semi- 

 circular. Pygidium rather long and acute. Antennae rather 

 thin, but fift 1 *: to tenth joints strongly serrated. Spurs to 

 hind tibiae very unequal, the longer about twice the length 

 of the other. Length, 2f-3 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Cairns district (F. P. Dodd). Type, 

 I. 5896. 



Allied to caroli, but more robust, mesosternum (and 

 sometimes the metasternum) dark, and elytra with fasciae 

 wider and usually with most of the base dark. On the elytra 

 of all the (eight) specimens sent by Mr. Dodd there is a wide 

 median fascia, its margins somewhat undulated, but extend- 

 ing from side to side; there is also always another fascia, but 

 this may or may not extend quite to the apex ; about the 

 base there may be a fairly wide fascia (which does not quite 



