collected in Australia and Tasmania. 
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Mordella W- album , n. sp. 
Short, black ; the head cinereo-pubescent ; the prothorax with 
fuscous and cmereous pubescence, the fuscous hairs in one specimen 
forming an indistinct median vitta, and a large patch on either 
side of it ; the elytra with the suture at the base, a streak or tri- 
angular mark just within the humeri, a narrow zigzag fascia (or 
common W-shaped mark) a little before the middle, and a trans- 
verse fascia (from which an angular projection extends forwards 
near the suture) at about one-third from the apex, cinereo- 
pubescent, the rest of the pubescence purplish-black ; the sides of 
the ventral segments and of the metasternum with patches of 
silvery pubescence ; the antenna black, the two basal joints obscure 
rufous ; the legs black, the tibial spurs included. Antennae short, 
slender, joints 3 and 4 short, equal, and very slender ; 5 twice as 
long as, and a little wider than, 4, 6-10 feebly serrate, as broad 
as long. Pygidium moderately long. Length (to end of the 
elytra) 2^ mm. 
Hah. W. Australia — Fremantle. 
Two specimens. This species greatly resembles M. 
hella, the cinereo-pubescent markings of the elytra being 
similarly formed ; but differs from it in the more slender 
and very feebly serrate antenna3 (in M. beZZa joints 5-10 
are sharply and equally serrate), and rather less elongate 
shape. 
Mordella hella. 
Mordella hella, C. 0. Waterh.^ Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.^ 
1878, p. 233. 
Hah. Tasmania — Hobart. 
Five specimens, apparently belonging to this species. 
In one of them the basal joint of the antenna is testa- 
ceous ; in the others the antennae are black. They have 
three more or less distinct patches of darker pubescence 
on the thorax. The types are from South Australia. 
Mordella humeralis. 
Mordella humeralis , C. 0. Waterh., Trans. Ent. Soc. 
Lend., 1878, p. 235. 
Hah. Tasmania — Hobart. 
Two specimens, differing from the type in having the 
oblique humeral mark on the elytra faint or indistinct. 
