BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 723 



is at once distinguished from those species by the intercoxal part 

 of the prosternum attenuate anteriorly. It is more robust and 

 convex than C. queenslandica, the prothorax shorter, more convex 

 and more strongly narrowed to apex. With C. misella it agrees 

 very closely in facies, but the head is more rugulose and much 

 wider before the eyes (similar to that of C. sellata, Putz.), the 

 clypeus wider and less deeply and evenly emarginate, the anterior 

 tibiae much more strongly palmate, &c. 



Clivina nana, Sloane. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales xxi. 1896, p. 202. 



Ilab. — N.S.W. : Tamworth (Lea); Young {C. nana occurred 

 to me on the banks of the Burrangong Creek, near Young, 

 amongst debris left after floods, in the months of June and 

 October)— Q. : Townsville (Dodd). 



Clivina lepida, Putzeys. 



Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxvii. 1866, p. 38; Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. x. 

 1866, p. 184 : C. jitvenis, Putzeys, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxvii. 1866, 

 p. 37. 



It seems certainly the case that I was wrong in my identifica- 

 tion of C. lejnda, Putz., in my "Revision" of 1896. I now 

 believe that C. lepida is a Victorian species very closely allied to 

 C australasice, Bohem., with which I have hitherto confused it. 

 C. lepida has the intercoxal part of the prosternum exactly as in 

 C. australasice^ but the anterior tibiae are lighter, with the 

 external teeth shorter and more obtuse — the upper (third) tooth 

 far less noticeable. In the male the anterior tibise have the 

 inner apical spine longer and less pointed at apex. The variation 

 and distribution of C. australasice and C. lepida will require 

 careful study before^ the certainty of their distinctness is estab- 

 lished. (I now feel little doubt but that C. juvenis, Putz., was 

 founded on an immature specimen of C. lepida). Length 9-10, 

 breadth 2 -4-2 -6 mm. 



Bab. — Vic. : Carrum (French). 



