180 ON THE AUSTRALIAN CLIVIMDES, 



ClIVINA TUMIDIPES, ll.Sp. 



RL.S.N.S.W. 1889 (2), iv. p. 720. 



Elongate, parallel. Head punctulate anteriorly, eyes prominent; 

 prothorax longer than broad, convex : elytra parallel, convex, 

 punctate-striate; fourth and fifth stripe confluent at base; a short 

 distinct submarginal carina at shoulder; an elongate fine stride 

 at base of first interstice; anterior femora with j^osterior margin 

 of lower side strongly atid roundly dilatate, anterior tibia? 4- 

 dentate. Black, shining; under surface piceous; anterior legs 

 piceous brown; four posterior legs, antennae and palpi reddish 

 testaceous. 



Head moderate; front closely and finely punctate; vertex 

 smooth (sometimes some fine punctures near jjosterior extremity 

 of each facial carina): clypeus not divided from front; median 

 part deeply and rather angularly emarginate, its angles 

 obtuse, very lightly advanced beyond and hardly divided from 

 wings; these small, hardly divided laterally from supra-antennal 

 plates; lateral setfe of clypeus placed in a rugose depression at 

 base of each wing; supra-antennal plates small, depressed; eyes 

 globose, prominent, lightly enclosed behind; orbits abrupt behind. 

 Prothorax smooth (sometimes a few transverse wrinkles on disc), 

 longer than broad (1'7 x 1-5 mm.), widest near posterior angles, 

 very little narrowed anterioi'ly (ant. width 1*4 mm.); sides lightly 

 subsinuate behind anterior marginal punctures, decidedly narrowed 

 from these to anterior angles; anterior margin truncate; anterior 

 angles projecting very slightly; lateral basal impressions obsolete. 

 Elytra narrow, parallel, hardly wider than prothorax (4 x 1-7 mm); 

 base truncate; striae entire, narrow, lighter towards apex, closely 

 punctate, seventh strongly marked in all its course; interstices 

 lightly convex, eighth well developed on apical curve. Prosternum 

 Avith intercoxal part attenuate anteriorly, transversely sulcate on 

 base; episterna overhanging greatly anteriorly, shagreened, trans- 

 versely striolate. Ventral segments minutely shagreened under 

 a strong lens. Anterior femora short, wide, qompressed; anterior 

 tibise with two strong external teeth and a short ti'iangular 



