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Hab. Guaremaza, Sinanja in Vera Paz (Champion). 
Thorax with the sides not much rounded, but just before the base abruptly, almost 
angularly, bent in, the hind angles extremely obtuse but perceptible ; the surface convex, 
finely and closely punctured. Elytra elongate, blackish, about the base with a slight 
red tint, sparingly and very finely punctate. Male with the front tarsi very greatly 
dilated ; the basal ventral segment very feebly depressed along the middle, and with a 
minute tubercle in front of the hind margin. Female with the apex of the pygidium 
shining and with the lateral margin near the apex foveolate. 
Allied to C. piger, but with longer elytra, more obsolete punctuation, and different 
male characters. We have received eight examples. Our figure represents a male, but 
is not a very successful rendering of the peculiarities of the species. 
25. Carpophilus crassus, sp. n. 
Latus, fuscus, subtiliter pubescens, subopacus, antennis pedibusque rufis ; prothorace crebre, subtiliter 
punctato, basi utrinque subsinuata, angulis obtusis ; elytris elongatis, parce obsolete punctatis. 
Long. 33 millim. 
Hab. Muxico, Cordova (Sal/é). 
Extremely close to €. palmatus, but with well-marked differences in the sexual 
characters in each sex, and besides this rather broader, and with the punctuation of the 
upper surface alittle finer. In the male there is a bare, deplanate, dull space along the 
middle of the last ventral plate. In the female the pygidium is deeply foveolate at 
each lateral margin at the extremity, but the extremity is not prolonged nor shining, 
and is subacuminate instead of subtruncate. One pair. 
In this species and in C. palmatus the eyes are larger than usual, and show that 
Murray’s subgenus Mitops cannot be separated from Endomerus. 
26. Carpophilus ventralis, sp. n. 
Fuscus, subtiliter pubescens, opacus, antennis, pedibus abdomineque flavis, antennarum clava fusca; prothorace 
crebre punctato ; elytris parce omnino obsolete punctatis. 
Long. 23-3 millim. 
Hab. Guatemata, San Geronimo (Champion). 
Thorax closely and not finely punctured, the punctuation only slightly impressed but 
appearing rough ; the sides rounded, the base not sinuate near the hind angles, which, 
though very obtuse, can still be distinguished. Elytra quite dull, sparingly and 
obsoletely punctured. In the female the pygidium is large, and broad and obtuse at 
the extremity, with a very feeble depression of the surface on each side along the 
lateral margin. 
This insect is very similar to C. senea, Murr., which, however, has the base and sides 
of the thorax completely rounded, and an acumen at the apex of the pygidium. We 
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