116 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



abbreviatis, apice truncatis : alts amplis. Antenna breves, articulo primo magno crasso, secundo 

 ct tertio longioribus et (hoc praecipue) graeilioribus, quarto ad octaviim minutis latitudine 

 paulatim vix crescentibus, reliquis capitulum magnum solidum orbiculato-ovatum triarticulatum 

 efficicntibus. Labrum semicirculare ciliatum, antice fisso-emarginatum. Mandibula valida;, 

 apice bidentatse. Maxillm lobo singulo pubescenti instructaj. Palpi liliformes, articulo ultimo 

 elougato, ill maxillaribus subacuininato, in labialibus crassiorc ovato-truncato. Mentiim trans- 

 verso-quadratum, antice angustatum. Ligula apice biloba, lobis divergentibus pubescentibus. 

 Pedes subcontractiles : tarsis articulo quarto minutissiino. 



Apart from the modifications of its trophi, which may be gathered from the 

 above diagnosis, but which differ however but slightly from those of the neigh- 

 l)ouring genera, Carpopliilus may be known by its abbreviated elytra and its more 

 cjuadratc prothorax, — which last is usually convex throughout, instead of having 

 the margins flattened or recurved, as is more or less the case in Xifidida proper. 

 It is a genus which subsists mainly on articles of commerce, especially sugar and 

 cb'ied fruits ; and hence, as might be expected, is widely distributed over the 

 world, follo^\•ing everjT^here in the track of man. The species are often very 

 abimdant on board ship ; and in all probability the three Madeiran representatives 

 have been imported into the island from other coimtries, being found either in 

 Fuuchal itself, or in houses where merchandise is stowed away, in its immediate 

 vicinity. 



93. Carpophilus mutilatus. 



C. subcylindrico-oblongus nifo-ferrugincus pubescens, prothoracc magno subquadrato, elytris vix 



jiallidioribus, abdomine supra ct infra subfuscescente. 



Jjong. corp, lin. 1§. 



mtidula hemiptem, Fab. {nee Llnu. 1767) Ent. Si/st. i. 261 (1792). 



Ca)popkilus mutilatus, (Hoffiu. in mus.) Erich. Germ. Zeitsch. fiir die Ent. iv. 258 (18i3). 



Habitat in domibus Maderfc, prsesertim propc Funchal, minus frequens ; in ipsd urbe mercatorum 

 repositoriis frequentior, forsan ex Americse meridionalis insulis illuc saccharinis introductus. 



C oblong, somewhat parallel and subcylindric ; punctured, rufo-ferruginous, and clothed with paler 

 pubescence. Prothorax large and subquadrate, being almost as broad before as behind. Be- 

 neath with the meso- and meta-thoraces and the abdomen (the last above as well as below) 

 slightly darker. Elytra a little paler than the remainder of the surface. 



Evidently imported into IMadeu-a ; occm-ring on the waUs of houses in and near 

 •Fimchal, though nowhere abundantly. In granaries and warehouses, however, it 

 is less scarce, where it Avoidd appear to feed more especially on sugar and dried 

 fruits, in company with the C. hemlpterus. It is foimd under similar circmn- 

 stanccs in the south of Europe, — where it is recorded in Spain, Portugal and 

 Sicily : I also possess specimens from Italy. It was ^\Tongly referred by Ea- 

 bricius to the Dermestes hemipterus of Linntcus, which is a totally different insect, 

 as may be seen from tbe diagnosis given below ; and hence it is that tlie name of 



