BY T. G. SLOANE. 601 



three specimens from the South Australian Museum, ticketed 

 "Derby, W. D. Dodd," indicates that it is a distinct, though 

 closely allied species. From C. rirerivcp, it differs by its brown- 

 ish colour, less depressed form (especially of elj'tra); elytia more 

 strongly striate, the lateral striai strongly impressed. 



Clivina dampieri, n.sp. v 



Narrow, cylindrical. Front depressed, punctate; prothorax 

 longer than broad; elytra strongly punctate-striate, fourth and 

 'fifth strife confluent at base, seventh entire, eighth interstice 

 carinate at base; prosternum with intercoxal pai"t attenuate 

 anteriorly, epistei"na feebly shagreened, overhanging anteriorly; 

 anterior femora wide, posterior margin of lower side rounded, 

 anterior tibise 4-dentate. Ferruginous. 



Head ordinary: front punctate; vertex without punctures in 

 middle, a few punctures on each side of extremities of facial 

 carina?, these short; clypeus not divided from front, clypeal 

 elevation lightly raised, arcuate, median part emarginate-trun- 

 cate, bordered, angles slightly more prominent than lateral 

 parts, divided from them by an angular notch, lateral parts 

 small; supra-antennal plates raised, declivous to facial carinse; 

 eyes convex, not much more prominent than supra antennal 

 plates, standing out sharply from head at base. Prothorax 

 longer than broad (135 x 1"2 mm ), hardly narrowed anteriorly, 

 declivous to base, smooth (a few striolse near sides); lateral basal 

 impressions obsolete; border narrow, not curving downwards at 

 junction with basal border, inner basal angles marked. El^-tra 

 a little wider than prothorax (26 x 1 "35 mm), parallel, strongly 

 declivous to apex; base lightly emarginate; shoulders rounded 

 but marked; striae strongly impressed, entire; interstices convex, 

 depressed on apical declivity. Length, 5-5-5; breadth, 1 -35-1 -Smm. 



Hah. — North-West Australia: Carnot Bay. Type in Coll. 

 Sloane. 



Three specimens are before me, one received from Mr. C. 

 French as from Carnot Bay, and two belonging to the South 

 Australian Museum, from the Blackburn Coll., ticketed 

 "N.W.A." 



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