278 APPENDIX TO THE AUSTRALIAN CLIVINIDES, 



Clivina froggatti, n.sp. 



Robust, convex. Head short, wide, clypeus truncate-emargi- 

 nate; prothorax subquadi*ate, with all its angles rounded ; elytra 

 oval, seventh and eighth interstices uniting at base to form 

 a short, not strong, marginal carina, eighth interstice indicated by 

 a fine carina near apex; prosternum with intercoxal part wide 

 antei'iorly, non-sulcate on base; episterna very finely shagreened, 

 finely transversely striolate; metasternum, between intermediate 

 and posterior coxfe, about as long as posterior coxse; episterna sub- 

 elongate ; anterior tibiae 3-dentate. Black, shining, legs and 

 antennae reddish piceous. 



Head transverse, convex; anterior part rugulose; vertex wide; 

 clypeal elevation arcuate; clypeus irregularly divided from front, 

 deeply and widely truncate-emarginate, wings advanced, small, 

 obtusely rounded, concave, gently oblique on inner side; supra- 

 antennal plates convex, rounded externally, bordered, divided 

 from wings of clypeus by a light sinuosity; facial sulci deep and 

 divergent posteriorly ; frontal impressions strongly marked, 

 irregular; facial carinee short, wide, prominent; supra-orl)itrJ 

 punctures distant from eyes, set in a longitudinal groove, lower 

 edge of this groove carinate; eyes globose, prominent, lightly 

 enclosed behind ; orbits abruptly constricted behind eyes. 

 Antenna? moniliform, short, incrassate. Prothorax rather bi'oader 

 than long (2"2 x 2-25 mm.), widely convex; sides parallel, strongly 

 and roundly narrowed in front of anterior marginal puncture; 

 anterior margin lightly emarginate in middle; anterior angles 

 obtusely rounded; posterior angles rounded; basal curve short; 

 border wide, reflexed; median line well marked; anterior line 

 strongly impressed; lateral basal impressions obsolete. Elytra 

 oval (4-3 X 2-35 mm.), convex; sides strongly rounded; shoulders 

 rounded; strife deeply impressed, strongly crenulate except 

 towards apex; interstices convex near base, depressed on apical 

 declivity; lateral border strongly reflexed near shoulders; lateral 

 channel wide. 



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



