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part of the base very diagonal, disk plicatulate and slightly depressed; 

 elytra parallel, slightly depressed from the base to two-thirds of the 

 length, punctato-striate, with the punctures small and evanescent 

 beyond the third puncture of the third interval, suture raised, pre- 

 sutural striae reaching to one- sixth of the length, intervals narrow, 

 carinate from the base to the median part and rounded beyond it. 

 Length 7 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



The biggest of South African Clivinae, and more depressed than 

 the others. 



Hah. Delagoa Bay (Eikatla).. 



Clivina cognata. 



Black, shining; antennae, palpi, and intermediate and hind legs 

 reddish brown ; head smooth on the vertex, impressed laterally, one 

 carina moderately raised above the eye ; lamina not incised at the 

 junction with the epistoma ; antennae reaching the posterior angle of 

 the prothorax, intermediate joints one-third longer than broad, the 

 ultimate one elongato-ovate ; prothorax elongated, slightly ampliated 

 from the anterior angle, which is slightly rounded to the posterior 

 one, lateral part of the base somewhat rounded, although diagonal, 

 base truncate, hardly projecting, truncate, posterior angle hardly 

 dentate ; elytra parallel, truncate at the base, with the humeral angle 

 somewhat rounded, subcylindrical, narrowly punctato-striate, with 

 the first, second, and third intervals a little broader than the others, 

 the suture raised, and the punctures distinct from the base to two- 

 thirds of the length except on the first and second intervals, where 

 they are distinct as far only as the second puncture on the third 

 interval, prescutellary striae reaching one-sixth of the length. This 

 species might be mistaken for G. natalensis, but the sculpture of the 

 head is different, the elytra are more parallel, less deeply punctato- 

 striate, and the intervals are not so carinate. Length 6 mm. ; width 

 If mm. 



Hah. Natal (Frere), Zambezia (Salisbury). 



Clivina pekplexa. 

 Intense black, shining ; palpi, antennae, intermediate and posterior 

 legs reddish brown ; head smooth on the vertex, carina over the eyes 

 not very well defined ; laminae not incised at the junction with the 

 epistoma, which is truncate in the middle as well as the labrum ; 

 mandibles long ; apical part of the ultimate joint of the labial palpi 

 truncate ; antennae reaching the posterior angle of the prothorax, 

 intermediate joints one-third longer than broad, ultimate one elon- 

 gato-ovate ; prothorax quadrate from the anterior to the posterior 

 angle, where it is a little broader than at the apex, lateral part of the 



