BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 225 



Clivina pectoralis, Putzeys. 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 1868, xi. p. U. 



Robust, convex; prothorax broader than long; elytra oval with 

 base truncate, crenulate-punctate, fourth stria joining fifth at 

 base, submarginal humeral carina hardly developed; prosternum 

 with intercoxal part shai-ply narrowed, not attenuate anteriorly, 

 sulcate on base, episterna finely punctate: anterior tibife strongly 

 3-dentate. Head, prothorax, legs, suture and lateral margins of 

 elytra reddish bx'own; elytra piceous brown. 



Head not large, punctate between posterior extremities of 

 supra-orbital carin?e; vertex and front convex: clypeus not 

 divided from front, . anterior margin widely emarginate, 

 bordered; wings not divided from median part, widely rounded; 

 supra-antennal plates convex, rounded externally, projecting 

 strongly and sharply beyond wings of clypeus; frontal fovese 

 large, wide; facial carinie wide, merely a backward prolongation 

 of the supra-antennal plates; facial sulci wide, divergent; eyes 

 convex, not prominent; orbits prominent and convex behind. 

 Prothorax tinel}^ shagreened, convex, widest a little before pos- 

 terior angles (TS x 1-3.5 mm.), narrowed anteriorly (1-1 mm.); 

 sides short, evenly rounded; anterior margin emarginate; angles 

 obtuse; posterior angles marked; median line strongly impressed : 

 anterior line lighter. Elytra wider than prothorax (2 9 x 16 

 mm.), oval; shoulders rounded, not marked; strife entire, deeply 

 impressed, finely crenulate, seventh not interrupted at beginning 

 of apical curve; a short distinct striole at base of first interstice; 

 interstices conA'ex, minutely shagreened, eighth broad, hardly 

 carinate near apex. Intermediate tibije with external margin 

 spinulose, the spine nearest the apex a little stronger than others. 



Length 4-5-5-2, breadth 1 •35-1-6 mm. 



Hab. : Queensland — Rockhampton (Coll. Castelnau); N.S, 

 Wales — Clarence River (Lea); West Australia (sent by Mr. 

 French, probably from N.W. Coast). 

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