BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 201 



trochanters projecting beyond base of femora, these not clilatate 

 on lower side; tibiio 4-dentate. 



Length 5"3, breadth 1-35 mm. 



A specimen sent by Mr. Masters, as coming from N.W. Aus- 

 tralia, cannot be separated from the specimens from Cairns. 



Clivina occulta, n.sp. 



N^arrow, convex. Head wide before eyes; prothorax narrow, 

 convex; elytra strongly punctate-striate, fourth stria outturned 

 and joining fifth at base; prosternum with intercoxal part small, 

 attenuate anteriorly, sulcate on base; anterior tibise wide, stron^^ly 

 3-dentate. Black, shining; antennte ferruginous, legs reddish 

 testaceous. 



Head short, rather depressed, sparsely and coarsely punctate; 

 vertex convex; frontal fovete very wide: clypeus lightly declivous to 

 anterior margin; median part truncate, not divided from wings; 

 these oblique on inner side to median part, decidedly advanced 

 beyond median part, \videly and lightly rounded in front; 

 supra-antennal plates wide, rounded externally, projecting 

 lightly but decidedly beyond wings of clypeus; eyes prominent- 

 orbits truncate behind. Prothorax small, narrow, hardly broader 

 than long (1-4 x 1'42 mm.), a little narrowed to apex (ant. width 

 1-25 mm.), convex, strongly decli^'ous to base; disc transversely 

 striolate; sides widely and very lightly, sinuate behind anterior 

 marginal punctui'e; lateral basal impressions distinct, narrow, 

 elongate-foveiform. Elj-tra narrow (3'25 x 1-65 mm.j, widest 

 behind middle, same width as prothorax at base, truncate on 

 base; strife strongly impressed, entire, coarsely punctate (the 

 punctures stronger than usual towards apex), seventh stria entire; 

 interstices convex, depressed towards apex, eighth shortly carinate 

 at base. 



Length 6'2, breadth 1-65 mm. 



Hab. : Queensland — Cape York (Coll. Blackburn; a single 

 specimen). 



