724 EEVISIONAL NOTES ON AUSTKALIAN CARABID.E, 1., 



Clivina dingo, n.sp. 



Allied to C. australasice, Bohem., by facies, form of head, pro- 

 sternum and legs. Black, under surface reddish-piceous, antennae 

 and legs reddish. 



Head with front sparsely and finely punctate; occiput trans- 

 versely punctate between posterior extremities of facial carinse. 

 Prothorax longer than broad (2-3 x 2*2 mm.), narrowed to apex, 

 convex; a well developed tubercle closing lateral channel at pos- 

 terior angle. Elytra convex (4-9 x 2*5 mm.); fourth stria out- 

 turned and joining fifth at base; seventh impressed for whole 

 length; interstices convex near base, eighth carinate near base. 

 Length 8-9, breadth 2 -25-2 -5 mm. 



Hab.—Q : Cairns (Dodd). 



Closely allied to C. australasice, Bohem., of which it seems the 

 northern form, but appearing to me entitled to rank as a distinct 

 species differing by longer prothorax, with a more prominent 

 nodule at each posterior angle; elytra more strongly striate, the 

 sixth and seventh strife more deeply impressed, and the inter- 

 stices — particularly the lateral ones — more convex; the prosternal 

 episterna more strongly rugose. From C. pectonoda, SI., which 

 is of similar appearance and size, it may be distinguished by 

 occiput more strongly punctate; prothorax longer; elytral striae 

 deeper, especially the sixth and seventh for their whole length. 

 I believe, too, that the male is without pectoral nodules. 



Clivina pectonoda, n.sp. 

 (J. Robust, parallel. Head wide, opaque ; front opaque, 

 minutely punctulate; occiput with a punctulate subfoveiform 

 impression on each side just within posterior extremity of facial 

 carinae; clypeus with anterior margin subtruncate (hardly emar- 

 ginate). Prothorax convex, hardly broader than long (2-1 x 

 2-2 mm.), a little narrowed to apex (IT mm.); anterior angles 

 marked and distant from head. Elytra a little wider than pro- 

 thorax (4'8 X 2-4 mm.); eighth interstice strongly carinate at 

 humeral angle (the carina extending back behind the free base 

 of the seventh interstice). Prosternum with pectoral part pro- 



