632 FAMILY- XXVI. NlTIDULID-l-:. 



gg. Elytra bicoiored. the base reddish-brown, apex piceous ; pro- 

 stei-num in front densely and rather coarsely punctured. 



1216. ANTIQUUS. 



1210 (3672). Carpophilus hemipterus Linn., Syst. Nat, I, 1766, 565. 

 ,2, ,y -5 Oblong. Piceous, feebly shining, sparsely pubescent ; 



elytra each with a humeral spot and large irregular 

 apical space dull yellow; legs pale. Thorax one-third 

 wider than long, narrowed at apex, sides feebly curved, 

 hind angles obtuse; surface sparsely punctured at 

 middle, more densely near sides. Elytra and abdo- 

 nuMi above and below sparsely and finely inuictate. 

 rrdsteruum coarsely and sjiarsel.v punctured. Length 

 4 mm. (Fig. 2.39.) 

 Fig. 239. X6i. "D r^ i AT or- 



(After Smith.) Fosev (. ouut.v ; Hire. AhiV 2o. 



1211 (.3674). Carpophilvs dimiihatis Fab., Ent. Syst.. L 1705, 261. 

 Oblong, moderately robust. Pale brownish-.yellow to i)iceous ; feebly 



shinin,g. sparsely pubescent. Thorax slightly wider than long, sides curved 

 on apical third, thence nearly straight to base, hind angles obtuse, surface 

 rather densely punctured, more so on sides. Elytra together longer than 

 wide, more sparsely and finely punctured than thorax. Abdomen above and 

 below finely and sparsely punctured. Prosternnm coarsely and densely 

 punctured. Length 3-3.5 mm. 



Wells and Viaro eonnties; rare .Inly 21-Septenil)('r' 2)3. Talxcii 

 on rotten melon. 



1212 (3675). Carpophilus melanopterus Brichs., Germ. Zeitschr., l\ . 



1843. 262. 



Oval, moderately robust. TTniform pale reddish-yellow, above and be- 

 low, except the elytra, which are black or piceous. Thorax one-third wider 

 than long, narrowed in front, sides feebly curved, hind angles small, re- 

 tracted; disk convex, together with the elyti-a rather finely and densely 

 punctured. Prosternnm coarsely but not densely punctured. T.,ength 4 

 4.5 mm. 



A sontliwestern .S]u^cies, collected in "Marshall and Putnam coun- 

 ties; scarce. June 4-Octoher 15. 



1213 (3678). Carpopiiius ntokk Say, Juuni. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., HI. 



182.3, lit.".: il)id. II, 124. 



Oval, slightly oblong, luiiform brownish-black or piceous, sparsely 

 pubescent; legs, scape of antennae and abdomen reddish-brown. Thorax 

 one-half wider than long, sides regularly curved, hind angles rectangular: 

 disk, as well as that of elytra, slightly flattened, densely punctured. Hu- 

 meral angles of elytra prdniinent. length 3.5-4.2 mm. 



St('u])en and Vi<i(i ciiimlics. si-nrcc; al sa|) (d' soft maple rt-dli- 

 ably occui's 1hrou.t>li(iut the State. June IS-September 22. 



