162 ON THE AUSTRALIAN CLIVINIDES, 



attenuate anteriorly, sulcate on base. Anterior til)ia3 4-dentate 

 (the upper tooth sometimes feebly indicated or obsolete). 



Tahh of Species. 



I. Elytra pimctate-striate. 

 A. Unicolorous. 



B. Dorsal surface depressed. 



C. Prothorax as long as, or longer than broad. 



D. Size medium, fourth stria of elytra out- 

 turned at base C. ohiiqnata, Putz. 



DD. Size small, fourth stria of elytra not out- 

 turned at base C. chhUis, Blkb. 



CC. Prothorax broader then long (none of the 



elytral striae outturned at base) C. rircrina;, SI. 



BB. Form cylindrical. 



E. Anterior tibite 3-dentate, interstices of 



elytra convex C. rylindriformis, SI. 



EE. Anterior tibiae 4-dentate, interstices of 



elytra depressed .■ C. ohsoleta, SI. 



AA. Bicolorous. 



F. Elytra with basal part red, apical black ...Q. jne/anopyr/a, Putz. 

 FF. Elytra reddish with a black sutural vitta C. dorscdis, 3lkh. 

 FFF. Elytra entirely ferruginous red C. hicolor, SI. 



II. Elytra with striiB simple C. denticoUis, SI. 



The members of this group which I do not know are C. wildi, 

 Blkb., evidently coming near C dehilis; C. eremicola, Blkb., allied 

 to C obliquata; and C. adelaidce, Blkb. 



Clivina obliquata, Putzeys. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1866, x. p. 188; and 1868, xi. p. 16. 



Parallel, rather depressed. Head widely convex, eyes not 

 prominent, front lightly punctate; facial sulci recurved; prothorax 

 depressed, parallel, not perceptibly narrowed anteriorly: elytra 

 parallel, punctate-striate; fourth stria outturned, but not joining 



