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joining fifth at base ; prosternum as in C. australasice (but 

 episterna not perceptibly transversely striolate); anterior femora 

 short, wide, with lower side rounded and bordered on posterior 

 margin; anterior tibiae strongly 4-dentate. Head, prothorax, and 

 anterior legs piceous-red ; elytra piceous-black ; body piceous 

 beneath; four posterior legs testaceous. 



Head with vertex and front flat, this depressed area extending 

 on each side to eyes and backwards in a curve behind level of eyes; 

 front without the usual facial carina on each side near eyes. 

 Prothorax Isevigate, convex, quadrate (2 2 x 2-25 mm.), very little 

 narrowed to apex; median and anterior lines well marked. 

 Elytra a little wider than prothorax (4-75 x 2-5 mm), parallel on 

 sides, widely rounded at apex; base truncate; striae not deep, 

 punctulate, seventh not interrupted posteriorly; interstices lightly 

 convex. Length 6-5-8-5, breadth 1 •75-2-5 mm. 



Hah. — Q.: Brisbane (Hacker; Colls. Hacker and Sloane). 



This species was sent to me by Mr. Henry Hacker ticketed 

 '* Brisbane." It is allied to C. cava Putz., which is the only 

 Australian species with which it can be confused, but it differs 

 from C. cava by colour; head more depressed, the depressed area 

 occupying all the space between the eyes, so that the supraorbital 

 setae rise under its lateral edge, and the facial carinae become 

 altogether lost (in C. cava the facial carinae are well developed 

 and distinct). 



Clivina hackeri, n.sp. 



Robust, oval; head small; prothorax subtrapezoid, narrowed 

 anteriorly ; elytra convex, shortly oval ; metasternum small, 

 hardly more than half the length of posterior cox^e between inter- 

 mediate and posterior coxae; peduncle with lateral concavities 

 small, smooth; legs short, stout, anterior tibiae strongly 3-dentate 

 with a slight protuberance above upper tooth. 



Head as in C. nyctosyloides Putz.; clypeus with median part 

 truncate, the "wings" lightly advanced beyond median part, 

 gently oblique on inner side; mandibles short, stout; labrum 

 short, 7-setose. Mentum large; lobes wide, obtuse, oblique on 



