288 NITIDULIDZ. 
§ 2. Mesosternum simple; metasternum without axillary space ; male with the supple- 
mentary segment concealed above by the pygidium : species of comparatively large 
size; pubescence not forming a pattern. (Species 2-11.) 
2. Carpophilus funebris, sp. n. (Tab. IX. fig. 10,6.) 
Nigerrimus, opacus, pubescens, pedibus piceo-nigris, tarsis rufo-sordidis ; prothorace dense fortiterque rugulose 
punctato, disco posterius leviter deplanato; elytris obsolete punctatis. 
Long. 43-5 millim. 
Hab. Guatemaa, Cerro Zunil (Champion); Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Antenne black, the basal joint piceous behind. ‘Thorax black, the sides a good deal 
curved, the margins not in the least picescent, the crenulation seen from above feeble, 
beneath quite distinct, the punctuation dense. Elytra quite dull, the punctuation quite 
indistinct, the pubescence depressed, concolorous. Male with the last ventral segment 
very deeply semicircularly emarginate for the accommodation of the supplementary 
segment, on each side of the middle broadly deplanate and with an oblique impression. 
Female with the last dorsal plate longer and more acuminate, carinate in the middle 
at the extremity. 
I have assigned to this species as possible varieties a few specimens from Mexico and 
Guatemala, which may possibly represent three or four very closely allied species, or on 
the other hand may be, by means of other individuals, shown to belong to C. funebris. 
Mr. Champion procured a good series of it on the Volcan de Chiriqui, and the pair from 
Cerro Zunil are evidently the same species. 
3. Carpophilus viduatus, sp. n. 
Niger, opacus, pubescens, prothoracis lateribus antennisque piceis, harum clava nigra, pedibus rufo-sordidis 
prothorace dense fortiterque rugulose-punctato, disco posterius leviter deplanato; elytris obsolete 
punctatis. 
Long. vix 4 millim. 
Hab. Mexico, Guanajuato (Sallé); Guatemaua, San Gerdnimo (Champion). 
Thorax with fuscous pubescence towards the sides, the sides piceous, the crenulation 
distinct, the punctuation of the disc behind coarse and close. Elytra with scanty pubes- 
cence, which is fuscous at the base and shoulders. Male with a very large but shallow 
depression on each side of the last ventral plate; there is also a slight depression of the 
surface extending between the two round impressions. The female has no carina on 
the last dorsal plate. 
This is distinguished from C. funebris by the picescent sides to the thorax and the 
different male characters. It is still more similar to C. niger, but that species has a 
ferruginous humeral spot, and the last ventral segment of the male nearly unimpressed. 
The cedeagus is very much smaller in C. viduatus than it is in C. Sunebris, and not one 
