BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 171 



Clivina denticollis, n.sp. 



Robust, lightly convex. Head depressed, trausvei'sely impressed 

 posteriorly, eyes very large and convex; prothorax subquadrate; 

 posterior angles marked, shortly dentate: elytra parallel, simj^ly 

 striate; four inner striaj free at base; a well marked striole at 

 base of first interstice; submarginal humeral carina wanting: 

 prosternum with intercoxal part canaliculate, wide anteriorly, 

 transversely sulcate on base; episterna very finely transversely 

 striolate, not overhanging in front; lateral cavities of peduncle 

 punctulate: anterior tibi?e strongly 3-dentate; intermediate tibiae 

 not wide, external spur stout, acute, very near apex. Ferruginous, 

 eyes black. 



Head depressed, widely impressed across occiput; front de- 

 pressed, rugulose; frontal impressions very shallow; facial sulci 

 wide, shallow, nearly obsolete; vertex smooth, minutely punctu- 

 late; facial carinas wide, short, lightly raised: clypeus with median 

 part truncate, its angles small, obtuse, very lightly advanced; 

 wings small, concave (less advanced than median part), external 

 angles rounded ; supra-antennal plates rather depressed, rounded 

 externally, a strong sinuosity dividing them from clypeus wings; 

 eyes very large, convex, prominent, projecting far beyond supra- 

 antennal plates; gulte smoother than usual, lightly jjunctate near 

 eyes. Labial palpi stout, terminal joint stout, subfusiform (obtuse 

 at apex). Prothorax broader than long (1-3 x 1-4 mm.), lightly 

 and evenly convex; disc covered with fine transverse striolae; 

 anterior margin truncate, vertical at sides -of neck; anterior 

 angles obtuse; sides evenly rounded; posterior angles marked 

 by a short but decided dentiform projection; basal curve short; 

 border narrow, lightly reflexed on sides, very fine (not reflexed) on 

 sides of basal curve; median and anterior lines strongly impressed; 

 latei'al basal impressions wanting. Elytra much wider than 

 prothorax (3 3 x 1-8 mm.), lightly rounded on sides, widely 

 rounded at apex; base truncate; strife simple, entire, lightly 

 impressed, fifth joining sixth at base, seventh entire; interstices 



