222 ox THE AUSTRALIAN CLIVINIDES, 



transversely striolate. Anterior femora dilatate, upper side very 

 arcuate. 



Length 7-8-5, breadth 2-1-2 -3 mm. 



Hab. : N.S. Wales — "Windsor (Lea); New Zealand (Broun). 



This species is readily separated from C. aust^-alasice, Bohem., 

 by its smooth head, narrower before eyes, by the weaker external 

 teeth of the anterior tibife in both sexes (the fourth tooth is quite 

 obsolete); and by the ^ having the inner apical spine more curved 

 and obtuse at apex. A specimen sent to me from New Zealand 

 by Capt. T. Broun, under the name of C. rugithorax, Putz., is 

 identical in every respect with the .^ of C. lepida; it seems to 

 have been confused with C. australasice by New Zealand 

 coleopterists. I believe C. lepida is also found in Victoria and 

 South Australia. 



Yar. 1 C. tasmaniensis, SI. Coal black, shining, legs black. 

 Diffei'ing from C. lepida by its darker colour; more convex form; 

 prothorax with lateral basal impressions feebly developed, shallow, 

 short; elytra less parallel, more rounded on sides, strife less strongly 

 impressed. 



Length 7-2-8, breadth 19-2-2 mm. 



Hah. : Tasmania (sent to me by Mr. A. M. Lea, as from Tas- 

 mania). 



It requires fui'ther study and comparison with C. vagans, Putz.; 

 it is doubtless the species that Mr. Bates considered C. vagans 

 (Cist. Ent. ii. 1878). 



Clivina sydneyensis, n.sp. 



Robust, convex. Head small; frontal sulci diverging back- 

 wards; prothorax of equal length and lireadth; elytra oval, 

 narrowed to base, fourth stria outturned and joining fifth at base; 

 anterior tibiae 3-dentate; the external teeth much weaker and the 

 inner apical spine longer (obtuse) in r^ than in 5. Black; legs 

 piceous red, anterior darker than four posterior. 



Head small, smooth, narrow, convex; clypeus not divided from 

 front, roundly emarginate; eyes not prominent. Prothorax 

 convex, of equal length and breadth (1-9 x 1 9 mm.), decidedly 

 narrowed anterioi'ly ;^ant. width l"6mm.); anterior angles lightly 



