BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 721 



r. Elytra with black part reaching apex and lateral margins 



C. hasalis, Chaud. 



rr. Elytra with black part forming a large dis- ( C. felix, SI. 



coidal plaga (6\ eximia, SI. 



pp. Head testaceous (piceous near eyes) C palUdiceps, SI. 



BB. Elytra with fourth stria free at base. 



Black, size large (9 "5 mm.) C. obliterata, SI. 



Reddish, size small (6 mm.) C. cylindripennis, SI. 



AA. Prosternum with episterna punctate G. pectoralis, Putz. 



Clivina vittata, Sloane. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxi. 1896, p. 211. 



On the 25th April, 1903, seven specimens of this species 

 occurred to me, eighteen miles north-west from the town of 

 Young. These were found in floated debris at the sides of a 

 depression in the ground tilled with storm-water after unusually- 

 heavy rain, at a place where there was no permanent water 

 within a mile. These specimens (all 9) varied in colour, four 

 showing the colour of the type, viz., black with a reddish stripe 

 along each side of the elytra (the red lateral vitta includes inter- 

 stices 5-7, towards the base it extends on to the 4th interstice, 

 and posteriorly reaches the posterior puncture of the 3rd inter- 

 stice, where it terminates), while the other three had the upper 

 surface wholly deep black. It is very like C. sellata, Putz., but 

 besides having the intercoxal part of the prosternum wider (with 

 other differences noted in the original description) has the eyes 

 much less convex. The prothorax has the upper surface covered 

 with a fine puncturation quite noticeable under an ordinary lens. 

 Length 4-3-5-8, breadth 1-2-1 -6 mm. 



Colour varieties. 



Typical var.— Black, elytra with a reddish stripe on each side. 

 Loc. Young district, N.S.W. (Sloane). 



A. — As type, only prothorax piceous-red. Loc. — Victoria 

 (Blackburn). 



B. — Upper surface wholly black. Loc. — Young District, 

 N.S.W. (Sloane). 



C. — Black, elytra with a faint reddish macula above apical 

 declivity. Loc. — Grenfell, N.S.W. (Sloane). 



