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NEW SPECIES OP AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
An elongate and rather pretty little species, having pubescence 
somewhat similar in character to that of M. inusitata. 
In dedicating this species to Mr. George Masters, our veteran 
entomologist, I would like to place on record my gratitude to him 
for the very great kindness he has always shown me, in giving me 
advice on collecting and preserving, in giving new and rare 
species which I could never otherwise have obtained, in comparing 
species with those in his own and the Macleay Museum Collections, 
pointing out the variations of different species, and in many other 
ways being of considerable service to me. 
MORDELLA 6-LINEATA, n.sp. 
Black; antenme testaceous at base, piceous-brown towards apex; 
palpi testaceous, brown at apex; four anterior tibise and tarsi 
piceous-black, posterior spurs testaceous. The pubescence is 
purplish — on the elytra with a shifting, steel-blue gloss (most 
noticeable when a light is thrown on the apex). White hairs; 
sparse on the head; narrowly bordering the prothorax; sparse on 
the shoulders; and forming three short, rather feeble, very narrow 
lines down the middle of each elytron, the inside one of which is 
feebly traceable on to the shoulders, the middle one the shortest; 
a few white hairs also down the suture; undersurface as the head. 
Aculeus short, wider than deep, apex truncate. Posterior 
spurs unequal, the longest more than twice the length of its 
fellow, and about three-quarters the length of the first tarsal 
joint. Length 3 J, width 1| mm. 
Hah. — Gralston. 
A short, robust species, wider than deep (If x \\ mm), the 
elytra not narrower at apex than at base. It is proportionately 
broader than any species known to me. 
MORDELLA IGNOTA, n.sp. 
Black; antennae and palpi testaceous, the former slightly darker 
towards the apex; anterior legs testaceous, basal half of femora 
and tarsi piceous; four posterior legs black; spurs to posterior 
reddish. Above with silvery-grey pubescence, pure on the head, 
