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be the case, as no such dissimilarity in the form of the 
antennae in the sexes is to be found amongst the other 
species of the genus. 
Mordella fuscipilis, n. sp. 
Rather short and broad, black, thickly clothed with fuscous 
pubescence ; the antenna and legs, the tibial spurs included, black. 
Antennae short, slender, joints 3 and 4 equal in length, 5 stouter 
and longer than 4, 5-10 subequal, as broad as long. Pygidium 
short and rather stout, blunt at the tip. Length (to end of the 
elytra) 2f-3 mm. 
Hah. W. Australia — Fremantle. 
Two specimens. Broader and more robust than 
M. parva, more thickly pubescent, the legs entirely 
black, the pygidium short and stout. The short antenna9 
and pygidium, and the denser, uniform pubescence 
separate it from M. hella in all its varieties. 
MORDELLISTENA. 
Mordellistena, Costa, Faun. Eegn, Napol., Mordellid., 
pp. 16, 31 (1854) ; Lacordaire, Gen. Col., v., p. 611. 
This genus is an addition to the Australian list. The 
three species described are all interesting new forms. 
Mordellistena aspersa^ n. sp. 
Elongate ; the head and prothorax obscure ferruginous, uni- 
formly clothed with fulvo-cinereous pubescence ; the elytra 
fuscous, with the sides narrowly ferruginous from a little beyond 
the middle to the apex, irregularly mottled with fulvo-cinereous 
and fuscous pubescence ; the antennae ferruginous ; the under 
surface obscure reddish- brown, uniformly clothed with fulvo- 
cinereous pubescence ; the anterior legs testaceous, the middle and 
hind legs reddish-brown. Antennae moderately long, joints 3 and 
4 equal in length, 5 nearly twice as long as 4, 5-10 subequal in 
length. Pygidium elongate. Posterior tibiae with three long, 
oblique ridges ; the first joint of the hind tarsi with three, and 
the second joint with two, oblique ridges. Length (to end of 
the elytra) 4 mm. 
Hah. N. W. Australia— -Adelaide River. 
One specimen, sent by Mr. Walker to the British 
Museum. The second and third ridges on the outer 
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