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culate, basal joint stout, oviform, 2nd long and slender, 3rd about 
half as long as its predecessor, joints 4-7 short, 8th very robust, 
campanulate, 9th not so broad, ovate. Prothorax short, rounded 
at the base, were it equals the elytra in width, narrowed ante- 
riorly. Seutellum large, triangular. Elytra very convex, gradu- 
ally narrowed behind. Legs moderate. Hind cowe very large, 
lamellate, covering the femora. Tarsi four-jointed. 
ody globuliform, contractile, winged. 
1350. Clambus domesticus, n. sp.—Conveax, sub-globose, sparsely 
pubescent, shining, black, legs, antennze and trophi yellowish. 
Head sparingly clothed with fine yellowish hairs, deflexed. 
Terminal joint of maxillary palpi sub-conical, acuminate. 
Antenne shining, basal joint robust, 2nd long and slender, cylin- 
—drical ; 3rd and 4th 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 some- 
what testaceous, bearing a few excessively small grey hairs. 
Scutellum large, triangular. Elytra convex, curvedly narrowed 
and declivous posteriorly, without distinct sculpture, with numer- 
ous erect minute grey hairs. Underside brown, moderately 
glossy, finely linearly sculptured, clothed with fine pallid hairs. 
Length, 34; breadth, ¥% line. 
Caught on the windows of my house at Tairua. 
1351. Clambus vestitus, n. sp. 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. Seutellum 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, 54 ; breadth, 36 line. 
Larger, less globular, and far more distinctly hirsute than the 
_ preceding or following species. 
Two found by Mr. P. Stewart-Sandager, Port Nicholson. 
1352. Clambus suffusus, n sp.—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 antennze 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 con- 
siderably 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 speci- 
mens being almost wholly piceous, 
