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NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 
four anterior legs and posterior femora testaceous-red; posterior 
femora and abdominal segments dark piceous-brown; antenna; 
reddish, apical joints infuscate. Elytra with yellowish pubescence 
along humeral stripe, and a rather large spot near apex of each 
(apparently concealing an obscure reddish spot). 
Hub.— Blackheath (Mr. G. Masters). 
var. MODESTA. 
Black; muzzle, prothorax (its middle infuscate), a squarish 
patch on shoulders and four anterior legs testaceous-red; posterior 
tibiae and tarsi obscure red; abdominal segments piceous-black; 
antennae brown, basal joints paler. Elytra with yellowish 
pubescence on humeral spots and along suture. 
Hab.— Forest Reefs. 
MORDELLA DISTINCTA, n.Sp. 
Black; a squarish patch on shoulders, four anterior legs and 
posterior tarsi obscure testaceous-red; posterior femora and 
abdominal segments dark piceous-brown; antennae testaceous-red 
at base, darkening to brown at apex. Humeral maculae, under- 
surface and legs with obscure greyish pubescence. 
Aculeus moderately long, rather wide at base, and moderately 
sharpty pointed, strongly narrowed near the base. Posterior 
spurs hardly equal, the longest not quite half the length of the 
first tarsal joint. Length 2 j, width 1 (vix) mm. 
Hab.— Blackheath (Mr. G-. Masters); Forest Reefs (Lea). 
A species with a larger prothorax than is usual among its 
congeners. The humeral spots should be a very distinctive 
feature. 
MORDELLA WlBURDI, n.Sp. 
Black; elytra with a testaceous-red stripe extending from the 
shoulders almost to the apex; four anterior legs testaceous, 
posterior tibiae and tarsi somewhat darker, their apices piceous, 
posterior femora black; antennae testaceous-red, apical joints 
darker. Head and prothorax somewhat sparsely clothed with 
silvery-yellow pubescence, elytra with golden — sometimes almost 
