458 NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN COLEOPTERA, 



half the size of metasternum, and, as also the under-surface 

 generally, rather densely pubescent. Length, 1 1 mm. 



II ((h. — Tasmania: Huon River, in tussocks (A. M. Lea). 



Rather smaller than C . Tasmani, and entirely pale, but 

 with very similiar clothing, and with subsutural striae. 



Clambus couylophoidhs, n.sp. 



Reddish-castaneous, parts of elytra darker, appendages, hind 

 coxaj excepted, flavous. With very slioi't, pale, and, for the genus, 

 dense pubescence. 



Upper surface with very minute punctures, more distinct, but 

 still very small, on elytra than elsewhere; subsutural strias i-ather 

 faint, but traceable from near middle almost to apex. Hind coxce 

 about the size of metasternum, and, as also the under-surface 

 generally, with dense fine pubescence. Length 4 mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania : Hobart(A. M. Lea). 



The upper surface with dense fine pubescence (much more 

 noticeable than in C. Simso7ii) readily distinguishes it from all 

 other species known to me. At a glance, it looks like a member 

 of the Corijlophid(('.. It is rather more convex than usual, with 

 the elytra strongly narrowed posteriorly. When the head is 

 closely applied to the under-surface, as in dried specimens, it 

 almost extends to the hind coxae. The subsutural striae are very 

 feeble. The clubs of the antennae ai^e concealed on the three 

 specimens before me. 



Clambus Tasmani Blackb. 



This species may be obtained abundantly in moss in many 



parts of Tasmania. The suture is usually paler than the discs of 



the elytra, but an occasional specimen may have the elytra 



entirely black. 

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Clambus Simsoni Blackb. 



This species is abundant in Tasmania, and I have specimens 

 from many parts of New South Wales. It is obtainable from 

 moss, but occurs on fence-tops, (tc, at dusk. Mr. Simson has 



