236 ON THE AUSTRALIAN CLIVINIDES, 



wanting; the metasternum and its opisterna are similar; the legs 

 are similar, but the external teeth of the anterior tibite are much 

 stronger. The following brief description will enable it to be 

 recognised : — 



Black, legs piceous, or reddish. ^. Prothorax as long as broad 

 (3"1 X 3'1 mm.), decidedly narrowed anteriorly (ant. width 2*4 

 mm.), lightly convex; sides lightly rounded; basal curve short; 

 anterior margin emarginate; anterior angles lightly advanced, 

 widely rounded. Elytra oval (6 '5 x 3"4: mm,); strise and interstices 

 as in G. oblonga, eighth interstice feebly and shortly carinate 

 near apex. Prosternum as in C. oblonga, the pectoral carinse 

 more strongly developed. Anterior tibi;je 3-dentate, the external 

 teeth strong. Under surface minutely shagreened. 



Length 12-5-13-5, breadth 3-4-3-8 mm. 



Hah. : Queensland — "Wide Bay District (Spencer, Masters). 



Wote. — in the specimen befoz'e me, the third interstice has five 

 punctures on each elytron, the three anterior ones not being 

 placed quite similarly on each elj'tron. In C. ahhreviata the pos- 

 terior puncture is placed at the beginning of the apidal declivity, 

 not on the declivity at the junction of the third and fourth strife, 

 as in C. oblonga, Putz. 



Clivina macleayi, n.sp. 



Short, robust, convex. Head convex, facial carinae diverging 

 strongly backwards, clypeus deeply truncate-emarginate; pro- 

 thorax subquadrate, lightly narrowed anterioi'ly; elytra oval, 

 strongly striate, fourth stria outturned and joining fifth at base, 

 interstices equal, lightly convex, seventh forming a weak sub- 

 marginal carina at shoulders, eighth obsolete on apical curve; 

 lateral cavities of peduncle minutel}' shagreened, not punctate; 

 metasternal episterna short; anterior tibiae 3-dentate. Piceous 

 brown, prothorax and upper part of head darker. 



Head wide before eyes, abruptly constricted on sides behind 

 eyes; front and vertex wide, convex; frontal impressions wide, 

 shallow; clypeal elevation convex, declivous in front: clypeus 



