762 COLEOPTERA 



behind. Legs moderate. Hind coxa very large, lamellate, covering 

 the femora. Tarsi four-jointed. Body globuliform, contractile, 

 winged. 



I 35- C. domesticus, n.s. Convex, sub-globose, sparsely 

 pubescent, shining-black ; legs, antennae, and trophi yellowish. 



Head sparingly clothed with fine yellowish hairs, deflexed. Ter- 

 minal joint of maxillary palpi sub-conical, acuminate. Antenna 

 shining, basal joint robust; second long and slender, cylindrical; 

 third and fourth of similar form, conjointly, elongate ; joints 5-7 

 short, gradually dilated; club bi- articulate, the basal joint the larger. 

 Prothorax apparently impunctate, closely adapted to the elytra, 

 narrowed and depressed anteriorly, its margins somewhat testa- 

 ceous, bearing a few excessively small grey hairs. Scutellum large, 

 triangular. Elytra convex, curvedly narrowed and declivous pos- 

 teriorly, without distinct sculpture, with numerous erect minute 

 grey hairs. Underside brown, moderately glossy, finely linearly 

 sculptured, clothed with fine pallid hairs. 



Length, f line ; breadth, |-. 



Caught on the windows of my house at Tairua. 



1 35 1 - C. vestitllS, n.s. Sub-ovate, convex, moderately nitid, 

 obviously pubescent, variegate. 



Head piceo-fuscous. Prothorax dark-brown, the sides and base 

 testaceous, densely but very minutely sculptured, clothed with rather 

 long, pale brassy hairs. Scutellum large. Elytra convex, rather 

 long, rounded laterally and behind, densely but minutely punctated, 

 clothed with rather long and coarse pallid hairs ; their colour dark- 

 brown, the sutural region and other large spots pale-testaceous. 



Length, J- line ; breadth, f . 



Larger, less globular, and far more distinctly hirsute than the 

 preceding or following species. 



Two found by Mr. P. Stewart- Sandager, Port Nicholson. 



1 35 2 - C. Sllffusus, n.s. Broad, obovate, convex, a good deal 

 attenuated posteriorly ; glossy, nude above, dark-brown, with the 

 head and sometimes the thorax and the middle of the elytra 

 rufescent, legs and antennas yellowish. 



Head shining, apparently quite smooth. Prothorax very broad 

 at the base, greatly contracted in front, without distinct sculpture. 

 Scutellum large. Elytra large, very broad at the base, but consider- 

 ably narrowed behind, exhibiting no distinct sculpture, but with the 

 suture somewhat elevated posteriorly. Abdomen fuscous, clothed with 

 rather coarse yellowish hairs. 



The body is unusually broad at the middle and a good deal 

 attenuated behind. The colour is variable, one of my two specimens 

 being almost wholly piceous. 



Length, ! line ; breadth, f . 



Hab., Wellington ; coll., Mr. Sandager, 



