214 ON THE AUSTRALIAN CLIVJMDES, 



antennas, and palpi testaceous. Facies, head, prothorax, elytra, 

 prosternum, and legs as in C. hasalis, Chaud. 



Length 6-7, breadth 1-5-1 -9 ami. 



Hah. : Queensland — Port Denison (Masters,; N. S. Wales — 

 Junee, Narrandera, Carrathool, Urana, and Mulwala (Sloane); 

 Victoria; South Australia (Blackburn). 



This species is rather common in Southern Riverina during the 

 summer months. It resembles C. hasalis so closely that it may 

 be taken for it at a casual glance, but the colour differentiates it, 

 the black discoidal patch of the elytra in C. Jdix never reaches 

 the margins (as it does in C. hasalis), but is separated by the 

 testaceous seventh and eighth interstices; on the average it is 

 smaller than C. hasalis; the only specimens more than 6o mm. in 

 length that I have seen have been those from Port Denison. A 

 specimen from Narrandera has the base of the elytra clouded 

 with black. From C. sellata, Putz., it difiers by its larger size, 

 less cylindrical shape, smooth head, intercoxal part of prosternum 

 not attenuate anteriorly, anterior tibia^ 3-dentate, &c. 



Clivina eximia, n.sp 



Robust, broad, lightly convex. Head as in C. hasalis, Ch.: 

 prothorax broader than long, basal curve short, lateral basal 

 impressions strongly marked; elytra wide, parallel, truncate at 

 base, punctate-striate, fourth stria outturned and joining fifth at 

 base, interstices convex, eighth carinate at base and apex; anterior 

 tibise 3-dentate, with a small protuberance above upper tooth. 

 Head, prothorax, and a large dorsal plaga on elytra black; base 

 (widely), sides, and apex of elytra reddish; under surface reddish 

 or reddish piceous; antenmv, mouth parts, and four posterior legs 

 testaceous, anterior legs reddish. 



Head convex, smooth (vertex and front covered with minute 

 punctures); lateral impressions light: clypeus not divided 

 from front, wide anteriorly, and very lightly emarginate; wings 

 small, rounded, not divided from median part; eyes convex, pro 

 minent, very lightly enclosed behind. Prothorax transverse 



