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Blackish-piceous : head dull rufo-piceous, much and finely punctured : an- 

 tennae colored as the head, clava fuscous : thorax as wide as the elytra, trans- 

 verse, sides rounded, slightly narrowed before, densely and deeply punctured ; 

 angles obtuse : scutel obtuse-triangular, piceous, impunctured : elytra twice 

 as long as the thorax, much and distinctly punctured, obliquely truncate at 

 apex : pygidiumdull rufo-piceous, very minutely punctured : feet and beneath 

 reddish-brown-piceous. 



2. C. pusillus. Black ; thorax strongly rounded at sides ; feet piceous. 

 Pennsylvania. 



Nitidula pusilla, Melsh. Catal. 



Smaller than the preceding. Black : head confertly punctured : labrum and 

 palpi piceous : antennas ? two basal joints piceous : thorax somewhat narrower 

 than the elytra, transverse, strongly rounded at sides, with the angles ob- 

 tuse ; finely and densely punctured : scutel obtuse-triangular, punctured : 

 elytra twice as long as the thorax, obliquely truncate at apex ; minutely and 

 densely punctured, and wrinkled : pygidium very minutely punctured : be- 

 neath blackish : feet dull reddish-brown-piceous. 



Carpophilus, Leach. 



1. C. antiquus. Dull reddish-brown; elytra with the apex black; feet 

 rufous. 1£ 1. long. Pennsylvania. 



Nitidula antiqua, Melsh. Catal. 



Oblong, flattish, dull reddish-brown above, minutely and much punctured ; 

 head less distinctly punctured, and lighter colored than the thorax and elytra; 

 antennae color of the feet, clava fuscous : eyes black : thorax as wide as the 

 elytra, transverse-subquadrate, with the sides slightly rounded ; disk some- 

 what flattened and deeper tinted ; hind angles small, acute : scutel piceous, 

 apparently impunctured : elytra covering two-thirds of the abdomen, ob- 

 liquely truncate and broadly black at apex : beneath rather piceous : feet 

 rufous. 



2. C. minutus. Pale ochraceous. 1 1. long. Pennsylvania. 

 Nitidula minuta, Melsh. Catal. 



Depressed, pale ochraceous, minutely, densely and rugosely punctured : 

 antennae color of the body, clava fuscous : eyes black : thorax as wide as the 

 elytra, transverse-quadrate, with the sides slightly rounded ; angles acute ; 

 color tinged with reddish-brown ; disk depressed : scutel very finely punc- 

 tured : elytra not twice as long as the thorax, covering about two-thirds of 

 the abdomen, truncate at apex; wings ample: feet yellowish-rufous. 



3. C. bimaculatus. Blackish ; elytra rufous, with an angulated fuscous 

 fascia. 1| 1. long. Pennsylvania. 



Nitidula bimaculata, Melsh. Catal. 



Oblong, slightly convex, densely, minutely and rugosely punctured, black- 

 ish or dark fuscous, finely pubescent : mouth piceous : antennas? thorax mo- 

 derately convex, as wide as the elytra, transverse, narrowed in front, the 

 sides slightly rounded ; posterior angles subobtuse ; basal margin with a 

 shallow indentation each side, towards the angles ; scutellum black, punc- 

 tured in the middle : elytra slightly convex, covering not much more than 



