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mntilatus (fli'st proposed by HoflFniansegg for a specimen from Portugal) was 

 retained by Erichson for the present species. 



94. CarpopMlus am'opilosus, WoU. 



C. oblongus fusco-niger pubescens, prothorace magno subquadi-ato convexo, antennis pedibusque 



ferrugineis. 

 Long. Corp. lin. It. 



Habitat urbem Funchalensem, unde exemplar unicum Dom. Kousset nuper misit. 



C. oblong, punctured, black mtli a slight bro-miish tinge, and densely clotbed ^\'itb pale yeDowish 

 pubescence. Prothorax large, convex and subquadi-ate, being nearly as broad before as behind. 

 Elytra with the extreme apical margin a little infuscate. Mouth, legs and antenna ferruginous, 

 the last with their club somewhat dusky. 



Distinguished from the C. nmtilatus and the C. hemij^terus by its somewhat 

 smaller size and uniformly dark hue, — its antennae and legs, added to the golden 

 pubescence wdth which it is clothed, being alone pale. The only specimen which 

 I have seen was lately communicated to me by M. Rousset, by whom it was 

 captm-ed in the ^-icinity of Funchal. Like the other Madeiran CarjwjiMli, it is 

 probably an introduced insect : nevertheless, not having been able to identify it 

 with any known species, I have been compelled to describe it as new. 



95. CarpopMlus hemipterus. 

 C. subovato-oblongus nigro-fuscus pubescens, prothorace minus quadi-ato, elytro singulo maculis 



duabus, una sc. humerali sinuata et altera apicali magna, flavis interdum confluentibus ornato, 



antennarum basi pedibusque testaceis. 

 Long. corp. lin. lA-lf. 



Dermestes liemipterus, Linn. Sysf. Nat. ii. 567 (1767). 

 Nitidula himaculata, Oliv. Ent. ii. 12. 6 (1790). 



, GyU. Ins. Suec. i. 244 (1808). 



Carp(^hilus hemipterus, Sturm, Deutsch. Fna, sv. 36 (1844). 

 . , Erich. Nat. der Ins. Beutsch. iii. 135 (1848). 



Habitat Maderam, cum C. mutilato sed illo multo copiosior. 



C. oblong-ovate, punctured, blackish-brown, or black, and clothed with a yellowish pubescence. 

 Prothorax large, but somewhat transverse, being a httle narrower before than behind, and with 

 the margins occasionally slightly paler than the disk. Elytra rather shorter than in either of 

 the preceding species, with two zigzag patches on each, — viz. a small one at the shoulder, and a 

 large one occupying more or less of the entire apical half, — pale yellow ; the latter sometimes so 

 broad as to be almost confluent with the former. Mouth, base of antenna and legs testaceous. 



Found in company with the C. nmtilatus, but much more plentifully : amongst 



