232 ON THE AUSTRALIAN CLIVINIDES, 



little backwards. The eyes are not very prominent, their posterior 

 third being embedded in the lateral margin of the head. The 

 impression which divides the head from the neck is hardly marked 

 in the middle. 



The prothorax is quadrate, a little longer than broad, narrowed 

 anteriorly, very rounded at the posterior angles, not much 

 prolonged posteriorly; the surface is lightly convex, the anterior 

 margin is widely emarginate; the angles are a little prominent; 

 the sides, cut obliquely for their first half, are regularly curved to 

 the base; the posterior angles form no prominence; only a large 

 internal puncture is seen above a tubercle, which does not project 

 beyond the marginal border. The ti'ansverse anterior impression 

 is rather close to the margin; the longitudinal impression extends 

 a little past the first. In the middle of each side of the pro- 

 thorax, facing the posterior angles, a rather wide shallow fovea is 

 noticed, which extends forward in a straight impressed and more 

 marked line, reaching beyond the anterior third of the prothorax. 



The elytra form a very elongate regular oval; their upper surface 

 is depressed longitudinally along the suture on the anterior third; 

 the strife are punctate, but the interstices are not raised. It is 

 a prolongation of the seventh interstice, which at the shoulder 

 unites with the marginal border; only the interstices 1-3 touch 

 the base. 



The anterior tibife are wide, sulcate on upper side; externally 

 they have a rather long strong tooth, and above this a second short 

 and broad tooth. The intei'mediate tibife are wide, spinose along 

 the posterior side, which is armed with a spur. 



Underneath all the body is covered with undulating transverse 

 striolpc, dotted with rather scattered punctures. 



Hab. : Australia (one specimen). 



In his " Revision Generale " M. Putzeys has formed a separate 

 group for C. elegans, of which he treats as follows, being a 

 translation of his remarks in the Entomolgische Zeitung : — 



Twenty-sixth G r o a ]). 

 It has much resemblance to the twenty-seventh grou}) 

 [C. procera]. It differs by its less shining colour, its darker 



