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stria not interrupted towards apex; interstices convex, eighth 

 7iarrow and distinct on apical curve; submarginal humeral 

 carina short and feebly developed; lateral border narrow. Pro- 

 sternum not pi'otuberant, transversely sulcate on base; episterna 

 minutely shagreened, not transversely striolate. Anterior femora 

 short, wide; lower side canaliculate, with posterior edge rounded. 



Length 7, breadth 1-9 mm. 



Hah. : Queensland — Gulf of Cai'pentaria (one specimen sent to 

 me by Mr. C. French). 



Differs from C. ob/iquata, Putz., in colour, facies, and the 

 3-dentate anterior tibite. 



Clivina obsoleta, n.sp. 



Narrow, cylindrical. Head wide; facial sulci obsolete; clypeus 

 with angles of median part projecting beyond the wings; eyes not 

 prominent; prothorax about as long as wide, very lightly 

 narrowed anteriorly; elytra parallel, fifth stria joining sixth at 

 base; prosternum with intercoxai part attenuate anteriorly; 

 anterior tibife strongly 4-dentate. Ferruginous, elytra a little 

 more lightly coloured than head and prothorax. 



Head wide between eyes and across occiput; front finely, not 

 densely, punctate; vertex finely punctate on each side behind 

 facial carinte; ch'peal elevation truncate; median part of clypeus 

 depressed, defined on each side by a carinate ridge, truncate, its 

 angles projecting decidedly beyond wings in the fonii of obtuse 

 triangular teeth; wings small, concave, quadrate, external angle 

 marked; supra-antennal plates projecting beyond and divided 

 from clypeal wings by a sharp sinuosity; facial carinfe short, 

 weakly developed; eyes convex, not prominent, hardly at all 

 enclosed behind. Prothorax convex, smooth (except for a few trans- 

 verse striol?e); anterior margin truncate; anterior angles obtuse, 

 feebly indicated; posterior angles widely rounded; basal curve 

 short; lateral basal impressions short, lightly impressed; median 

 line well marked; anterior line hardly marked. Elytra long, 

 parallel (3 "3 x I'Smm.), truncate and strongly declivous at base, 

 widely rounded at apex, very declivous to sides and apex; striae 



