730 REVISIONAL NOTES ON AUSTRALIAN CARABID.E, I., 



differs decidedly by its larger size; more elongate parallel and 

 convex form; elytra with fourth stria not joining fifth at base, 

 posthumeral carina obsolete, interstices more convex, striae deeper 

 and more strongly punctate. It is the most strongly punctate of 

 the australaske-group known to me. From C. nigra, SI., it differs 

 greatly by colour, smaller size, narrower and more convex form, 

 prothorax longer than broad, elytra narrower, far more cylindrical, 

 ■eyes less protuberant, head less rugulose and more punctate, 

 upper tooth (fourth) of anterior tibiae more strongly developed. 

 Judging by the description of C. cequalis, Blkb., it cannot be that 

 species owing to its prothorax longer than broad, elytra with 

 fourth stria free at base, no abbreviate striole at base of first 

 interstice. 



Clivina procera, Putzeys. 



Stett. Ent. Zeit. xxvii. 1866, p. 34; Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. x. 

 1866, p. 180; Sloane, Proc. Linn. Soc. K S. Wales, xxi. 1896, 

 p. 228 : Scolyptus procerus, Putzeys, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xi. p. 7. 



I think the name C. procera must be applied to the southern 

 form, while the form from tropical Australia should receive the 

 name C . ohscurijjes, Blkb. I have confused these two in the list 

 of localities given in my " Revision," but my description applies 

 to C. procera, being founded on specimens from near Tirana, 

 N.S. W. C. prominens, Putz., remains still unidentified by me. 



Clivina obscuripes, Blkb. 



Scolyptus obscuripes, Blackburn, Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S. Wales (2) 

 iv. 1889, p. 1247. 



This is a tropical species closely allied to C. procera, Putz., but 

 differing by facies a little more robust; prothorax more quadrate 

 (sides less rounded and less narrowed in front); striae of elytra a 

 little more strongly impressed and the interstices a little more 

 convex; metathorax a little shorter (but longer than posterior 

 •coxae), its episterna a little shorter and proportionately a little 

 wider behind; the mentum seems more rugulose, more rounded 

 laterall}', sinus more oblique, median tooth more prominent. 



