86 NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



sigillati, Germ, multo magis grosse) rugatis ; hoc pone angulos 



posticos luinutos (quam S. sigillati multo minus productus) 



quam S. sigillati retrorsum magis fortiter lobato ; elytris fere 



ut S. sigillati sed minus distincte striatis interstitio 3° in- 



terrupte sat fortiter costato. [Long. 2, lat. ^ line. 



Very like S. sigillatus, Germ., but of a more coppery or golden 



tone of colour (this may be an unreliable character), with dark 



legs, the head and prothorax much more coarsely wrinkled, the 



prothorax more strongly produced hindwards behind the posterior 



angles, which are much less conspicuous, and the subsutural fovese 



of the elytra less marked and connected inter se by an interrupted 



costa, while the elytral striae (especially the external ones) are 



scarcely indicated. 



Oodnadatta ; Central Australia. 



SiLPHOMORPHA CORDIFER, sp.nOV. 



Nitida; atra, palpis anteunis femoribus et subtus corpore 

 medio testaceo-brunneis, elytris macula communi cordiformi 

 testacea ornatis, hac a parte paullo ante medium suturse fere 

 ad apicem extensa ; corpore supra fere Isevi ; prothorace 

 quam in medio longiori fere triplo latiori. 



[Long. 4, lat. 2 lines. 

 This species is not unlike S. marginata, Cast., but besides con- 

 siderable differences in markings and size, its prothorax is very 

 much more strongly transverse. The common spot on the elytra 

 has its point near the apex and is somewhat heart-shaped, or 

 might be described as a triangle with its base (which crosses the 

 suture a little in front of the middle) strongly concave. 

 N. Queensland ; taken by Mr. Cowell near Cairns. 



Clivina oodnadatta, sp.nov. 



C. angustulce, Putz., affinis. Brunneo-testacea, capite prothorace 

 et macula magna communi ovali in elytris posita infuscatis ; 

 clypeo antice sat angusto leviter emarginato (angulis anticis 

 acute rectis) ab alls distincto, his ut clypeus ipse vix tarn 

 productis ; elevatione antica vix distincta ; vertice medio 



