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than the third, elongated and elHptic. The thorax is oblong, with 

 the basal angles obliquely truncated. The elytra are oval, striated, 

 granulated at the base, and have, as has also the thorax, a narrow 

 margin. The anterior tibiae are furnished externally with five 

 teeth, the two last of which, however, are very small; the posterior 

 legs are similarly provided, but the teeth are indistinct. The 

 joints of the tarsi are slightly excavated below. The sides of 

 the body below are rugose. 



7. Clivina rugosifrons, N. 



C. femiginea, capite thorace abdomineque piceis. Long. corp. 4^ 

 lin., lat. 1^ lin. 



Caput rugosum, inter oculos elevatum, elevatione plana antice 

 profunda 1-impressa. Mentum lobis subtiliter sulcatis. Antennae 

 robustse, thoracis medium vix attingentes, art. ultimo elongate, 

 penultimo — , art. 2° tertio sesqui longiore. Thorax subquadratus, 

 antice parum angustatus, elytrorum latitudine, subtus parce punc- 

 tatus, prosterno sulcato. Elytra striata, in striis punctata. Pedum 

 tibiis anterioribus apice extus 4-dentatis, subtus excavatis, tibiis reli- 

 quis fortiter spinosis ; tarsorum articulis margine apicali setoso. 



In prov. occid. sub vegetabilibus putrescentibus infrequentissime 

 legi. 



A large and distinguished species. The head is very rugose * 

 the clypeus is contracted behind the apical angles and then pro- 

 duced again into another pair of angles. The labrum is transverse, 

 slightly sinuate in front, with the angles rounded and setose. 

 The mentum is quadrate, the lobes rounded at the apex and 

 slightly sulcated ; the tooth is strong, of equal length with the 

 lobes, and of the typical spear-headed form. The ligula has the 

 apical angle much elongated, terminating in a membranaceous 

 bristle which is bifurcate at the tip. The maxillary palpi have 

 the last joint elongate, cylindrico-conic ; that of the labial ones is 

 still more elongate, elliptic. The antennse have the basal joints 

 elongate, those towards the tip rounded ; they and the legs 

 are hairy, otherwise the insect is of a bright, polished surface. 



8. Clivina elongatula, N. 



C. elongata, subdepressa, supra nigro-picea, subtus picea, pedibus 

 elytrorumque marginibus castaneis, antennis oreque dilutioribus. 

 Long. corp. vix 3 lin., lat. f lin. 



Caput triangulare, subtiliter punctato-rugosum. Palpi articulo 

 ultimo apice leviter truncato. Thorax oblonge quadratus, ante 

 apicem leviter sinuosus, parce obsoleteque transversim strigosus. 

 Elytra striata, in striis punctata, ad striam 3™ utrinque 4-punctata. 

 Subtus parce punctata. 



Ubi prsecedens specimen singulum legi. 



