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CARCINOPS. 
Carcinops, Marseul, Monogr. in Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1855, p. 83. 
Carcinus, Marseul, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1862, p. 6 (nomen preocc.). 
Xestipyge, Marseul, loc. cit. p. 6. 
Kissister, Marseul, loc. cit. p. 7. 
Like the last genus the species of this come chiefly from America. 
Carcinops will probably require division before long, but it does not seem desirable 
to separate it until more material for the purpose is at hand. Marseul has suggested 
Kissister for a European species (minima, Aubé), and Xestipyge for a supposed African 
one (radula, Mars.), but these names have not yet been generally adopted. 
The genus differs from Paromalus in having a conspicuous scutellum and elytral 
striae. 
1. Carcinops multistriata, sp.n. (Tab. V. fig. 19.) 
Ovalis, parum convexa, brunnea, subnitida; fronte parce punctulata, inter oculos triangulariter impressa, supra 
oculos valide striata, clypeo dense et rugose punctulato ; pronoto stria marginali angusta, subintegra, ante 
scutellum et extus punctis validis ; elytris striis 1*-4™ integris, 4* ad suturam arcuata, 5° et 6° antice late 
interruptis, interstitiis bistriatis; propygidio pygidioque punctulatis; prosterno bistriato ; mesosterno 
profunde sinuato marginatoque ; tibiis anticis 3-denticulatis, posticis spinulosis. Long. 23 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Sallé), Mexico city (Flohr), Atlisco (Godman). 
Five examples. This species belongs to Marseul’s section Xestipyge ; it is allied to 
C. radula, Mars., of which we have examined two examples—one labelled Cape of 
Good Hope and the other California; but the latter locality is more probably the 
correct one. In C. radula the prosternum is very coarsely punctured, in C. mudltistriata 
only obscurely so. In C. multistriata the metasternal plate has the marginal striz 
nearly parallel and only sinuate at the base; in C. radula the strie are gradually 
divergent, and less distinct posteriorly owing to the coarseness of the punctuation. 
The elytral interstices are bistriate, and these intermediate strie are of the same length 
as the normal strie; the fifth and sutural striz are not conspicuously different to the 
interstitial strie next to them. Mr. Godman has quite recently found this species, and 
also Hister costatus and Epierus rufulus, in ants’ nests (Hcodoma) at Atlisco in the 
State of Puebla. 
2. Carcinops garbigliettii. (Tab. V. fig. 24.) 
Carcinops (Xestipyge) garbigliettii, Mars. Aun. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1867, p. 55°. 
Hab. Mexico, Amecameca in Morelos (Hége).—Braziu '. 
Two examples. 
3. Carcinops punctinotum, sp.n. (Tab. V. fig. 25.) 
Ovalis, parum convexa, nigra, subnitida; fronte sparse punctulata, haud striata, antice leviter impressa ; 
pronoto stria marginali integra, sparse punctulato, lateribus punctis grossis intermixtis, ante scutellum 
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