292 NITIDULIDZ. 
§ 3. Mesosternum and metasternum simple; male with the supplementary segment con- 
cealed above by the pygidium: species of small size, with the pubescence of the 
upper surface having a banded or spotted appearance. (Species 12-16.) 
12. Carpophilus comatus, sp.n. (Tab. IX. fig. 14.) 
Minor, niger, dense punctatus, opacus, pube flavescenti variegatus, antennis pedibusque rufis, illarum clava 
nigra. 
Long. 24 millim. . 
Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui (Champion). 
Thorax very densely punctate, the sides but little curved and scarcely at all narrowed 
behind, the hind angles rectangular, the base truncate, covered with a conspicuous fla- 
vescent, almost golden pubescence, which is absent or inconspicuous on thedisc. Elytra 
densely and finely punctured, with two irregular bands of flavescent pubescence, one at 
the extreme base, the other behind the middle, the other pubescence concolorous with 
the surface. Pygidium of the female quite simple. Male without peculiarities of the 
last ventral plate, the supplementary segment moderately large and a little acuminate 
behind. Five specimens. | 
In form this insect resembles C. senzlis, but it has no coxal line on the metasternum ; 
in consequence of the variegate pubescence it looks like C. humilis, but the shape of 
the thorax is different, and the female has the pygidium quite simple. 
13, Carpophilus humilis. 
Carpophilus humilis, Er. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. p. 262°. 
Hab. Mexico}, Puebla (Sallé), Omilteme 8000 feet, and Xucumanatlan 7000 feet, in 
Guerrero (H. H. Smith); Guatema.a, San Gerdnimo (Champion). 
In this species the base of the thorax is truncate, but the sides are a little rounded 
and narrowed behind, so that the angles are slightly obtuse, and the base is just perceptibly 
narrower than the elytra. The pubescence is variegate, but the pallid portions are irre- 
gularly distributed, and do not form distinct fascie. The female has the apex of the 
pygidium raised in the middle and slightly prolonged and acuminate. 
Murray identified Erichson’s C. humilis with C. brachypterus (Say); but it is more than 
probable that he was wrong in so doing. It is true that Krichson mentions the cine- 
reous pubescence as existing on the elytra only at the base, but probably this was due 
to his example being worn ; indeed the pubescence that gives the banded and spotted 
appearance in this species and its allies is very readily removed. 
14. Carpophilus senex. 
Carpophilus senex, Murray, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiv. p. 384'. 
Hab. Mexico 1, Cordova (Sal/é). 
