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NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
MORDELLA FUGITIVA, n.sp. 
Black; palpi and basal joints of antennae piceous-red. Head 
with griseous pubescence, which is not parted in the middle. 
Prothorax with base and apex extremely narrowly bordered with 
greyish pubescence. Scutellum in some lights silvery, in others 
black. Elytra with two narrow fasciae — which when looked at 
from the apex are scarcely visible, from in front appearing bright 
silvery — the first is almost in the exact centre, and is zigzag in 
shape, appearing in front as two irregular Ws, at the back as 
two perfect M's; the other fascia is about a fourth from the apex, 
and is composed of two united spots, the apical edge straight, 
concave internally. Sides of meso-, and metasternum, abdominal 
segments and base of aculeus with pubescence as elytral fasciae, 
anterior femora as head. 
Posterior spurs unequal, longest about half the length of the 
first tarsal joint. Length 7J, width 2| mm. 
Hob. — Forest Reefs. 
MORDELLA RAYMONDI, n.Sp. 
Entirely black. Head with griseous pubescence, which is 
feebly parted in the middle. Silvery pubescence on upper surface 
as follows : — narrowly edging prothorax, distinct at its base, 
obscure at apex and sides; scutellum covered or not; each elytron 
with three extremely short obscure stripes (frequently absent), the 
most distinct touching scutellum, one in the middle of the base,- 
the other on the shoulder, a small spot behind the base equidistant 
from it, the side and suture, at the middle a Y (the two when 
looked at from the base forming a perfect W), near the apex and 
close to the suture (sometimes touching it) an irregularly shaped 
spot. All the margins of meso- and metasternum, sides of abdo- 
minal segments and upper base of aculeus with silvery pubescence. 
Posterior spurs unequal, longest about two-fifths the length of 
the first tarsal joint. Length 5|, width 1-Jmm. 
Flab.— Mt. Kosciusko (Mr. W. Raymond). 
