294 NITIDULIDZ. 
Hab. Guatemaa, Totonicapam 8500 to 10,000 feet, Quiche Mountains 7000 to 9000 
feet (Champion). 
Thorax finely, very densely, not in the least rugosely punctate, the sides sinuate and 
contracted in front of the hind angles, which are just about rectangular, the lateral 
margin fine, much turned up, the space along its inner margin yellow. LElytra densely, 
extremely finely punctate, dull, with an exceedingly delicate pubescence. Pygidium of 
the female elongate, deeply depressed on each side of the middle towards the apex, 
the middle being somewhat elevated. Last ventral plate in the male simple. 
Six specimens were found of this species, which is one of the most distinct of the 
genus. 
§5. Mesosternum and metasternum simple; hind angles of the thorax rather obtuse, 
but marked by a slight prominence or thickening of the margin; male with the 
supplementary segment not visible from above; form rather elongate and depressed ; 
pubescence not variegate. (Species 18 and 19.) 
18. Carpophilus ligneus. (Tab. IX. fig. 13.) 
Carpophilus ligneus, Murray, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxiv, p. 851’. 
Hab. Mexico}, Parras and Saltillo in Coahuila (Dr. Palmer), Ciudad in Durango, 
Jalapa, Esperanza (Hége), Guanajuato, Puebla (Sallé); GuaremMaLa, Zapote, Capetillo, 
San Gerénimo (Champion); Nicaragua, Chinandega (Sallé); Panama, Volcan de 
Chiriqui 8000 feet (Champion). 
This species, like several others, varies much in size; the two examples found on the 
Volcan de Chiriqui are a variety of very small size, with the pubescence of the upper 
surface more than usually developed, and the red mark on each elytron definite instead 
of very vague. Murray! gives as the locality “Nicaragua in Mexico.” C. discoideus, 
Lec., is allied to C. ligneus, but has a rather differently shaped thorax. 
19. Carpophilus dulcis, sp. n. 
Depressus, opacus, tenuiter pubescens, minus dense punctatus, sordide ferrugineus; prothoracis lateribus 
rotundatis. 
Long. 3 millim, 
Hab. Guatema.a, Purula, San Geronimo, Capetillo (Champion). 
Antenne red, with the club fuscous. Thorax with the front margin nearly straight, 
the sides curved, the base sinuate, but in a different manner to what it is in the C. nager 
group, the obliquity of the outer part being directed slightly forwards ; the hind angles 
obtuse, but, owing to the basal margin being prolonged behind the lateral margin, fur- 
nished with an excessively minute acumen directed outwards; the disc moderately coarsely 
and closely punctate. Elytra ferruginous, the shoulders generally slightly more dilute, . 
