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sparsim sat fortiter piinctulato, et foveola impiesso ; pro- 



thorace quam longiori vix latiori, antrorsum leviter angustato, 



canaliculato, utrinque ante basin foveola elongata impresso ; 



el3-tris sat elongatis, putictulato-striatis, stria quarta antice 



extrorsum flexa, interstitiis (prsesertim basin versos) convexis; 



tibiis anticis extus supra digitationem terminalem tridentatis, 



dentibus 2 inferioribus validis ; prosterno ad latera trans- 



versim strigato. [Long. 3, lat. ^j^ line. 



It will be noticed that in the above diagnosis I have used the 



names (ala, digitatio, &c.) adopted by M. Putzeys for the several 



parts in which he considered the important characters in this 



genus to lie. This species belongs to M. Putzeys' 30th "groupe " 



of Clivina. Its colours and markings are almost identical with 



those of ^7. sellata, Putz., but the underside is of a testaceous red 



colour ; G. sellata, however, is a notably smaller insect and belongs 



to the 28th "groupe," which is distinguished from the 30th inter 



alia by the front margin of its clypeus forming a continuous 



curve, not interrupted by any distinction between the clypeus itself 



and its " alae." In C. sellata, moreover, the part of the head 



which M. Putzeys calls the elevatio antica is extremely well 



developed as a short curved carina, while in the present insect it 



is scarcely indicated at all. Prom the other described members of 



the 30th "groupe," the colours and markings of this species are 



diflferent enough to probably form a sufficient distinction. If it 



and C. heterogena, Putz., are both variable in markings, they may 



possibly approximate each other, but if so it may be noted that 



the latter is a smaller species with the "elevatio antica" of the 



head strongly developed, and the prothorax not narrower in front 



than behind, and with its surface " sprinkled with very distinct 



punctures " (in the present insect the prothoracic puncturation is 



as fine as in G. sellata). 



Oodnadatta ; Central Australia. 



Clivina eremicola, sp.nov. 



G. obliquatce, Putz., affinis. Tota ferruginea ; clypeo antice vix 

 emarginato (angiilis anticis acutis prominentibus) ab alls 



