168 ON THE AUSTRALIAN CLIVINIDES, 



lightly impressed, entire, finely punctate; interstices not convex, 

 eighth narrow near apex; submarginal humeral carina short, 

 naiTOw, weak. Prosternum with episterna minutely shagreened. 

 Anterior femora wide, lower side rounded; anterior tibise widely 

 palmate, upper internal spine thick, curved, incrassate. 



Length 6, breadth 1-5 mm. 



Hab. : Queensland — Cape York (unique in the collection of the 

 Rev. T. Blackburn). 



This is an isolated species; in general appearance it is rather like 

 C. blackhtirni, SI., but its nearest ally known to me seems to be 

 C.frenchi, SI., which it resembles in its widely palmate tibia?; in 

 G. frenchi the upper internal spine of the antei'ior tibise is greatly 

 developed, though not so thick as in f\ ohsoleta. I have placed 

 it in the '■'■ohliquata group" because it has the elytra with the fifth 

 stria joining the sixth at base, and has a submarginal carina at 

 each shoulder. 



Clivina- melanopyga, Putzeys. 



Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1866, xxvii. p. 41; Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. x. 

 1866, p. 187. 



This species is at once distinguished from all other Avistralian 

 species by its colour, its rather depi'essed form, and by having the 

 four inner strife of the elytra free at the base. The following bi'ief 

 note will sufiiciently characterise it. 



Head, prothorax, underaurface and apical part of elytra black; 

 elytra reddish on more than anterior half; legs piceous. Head, 

 including clypeus, as in C. ohliquata, Putz., prothorax quadrate 

 (1-5 X 1'5 mm.): elytra depressed on disc (3 x 1-5 mm.), punctate- 

 striate; four inner striae free, fifth joining sixth at base; sub- 

 marginal humeral carina short, weakly developed; prosternum 

 with intercoxal part attenuate anteriorly; anterior tibiae 3-dentate, 

 a fourth upper tooth feebly indicated. 



Length 5-6-6-5, breadth 1-5-1 8 mm. 



Hah. : N.S. Wales — Urana District (Sloane — one specimen); 

 Victoria — Swan Hill (French), Melbourne (Kershaw); South 

 Australia. 



