MADEIRAN COLEOPTERA, 161 
Fam. 54. SALPINGIDZ. 
Genus 195. SALPINGUS. 
llliger, Mag. fiir Insekt, i. 301 (1802). 
The discovery of the present genus in Madeira, since the publica- 
tion of the Insecta Maderensia, has added a new family to our Cata- 
logue, the Salpingide,—a group which has usually been regarded by 
British authors as closely akin to Anthribus ; and which they have 
consequently placed in juxtaposition with the. Bruchide, at the end 
of the Rhyncophora. The structure of the tarsi, however, of its 
various representatives, proves it to be strictly Heteromerous, and 
allied to the Gdemeride ; whilst the more or less rostrated head, 
and remotely inserted antenns, which constitute its most distinctive 
features, are exactly paralleled in the genera Probosca, Chitona, 
Stenostoma and Mycterus, of the latter,—and even in Stenawis also, 
though in a less degree. Salpingus proper may be known by its 
head being less produced, and broader, than in the allied European 
genus Lhinosomus, and by its antennse being inserted at a shorter 
distance in front of the eyes. Its mandibles are long, and internally 
serrated, its antennz subclavate, its palpi are filiform, its upper lip is 
large, exserted, and ovate, and its lower lip is rather elongated,—the 
mentum being transverse, and the ligula largely developed and 
rounded in front. 
465. Salpingus impressus, n. sp. 
S. eneus nitidus, capite prothoraceque profunde punctatis, hoe in 
medio utrinque impresso, postice angustato, elytris leviter punctato- 
striatis, ad basin inequalibus, pone basin obsolete transversim 
constrictis, antennarum basi, palpis pedibusque plus minus piceo- 
testaceis. 
Mas, capite prothoraceque vix crebrius et profundius puncetatis, 
antennis paulo robustioribus. 
Long. corp. lin. 1}. 
S. eneous (when immature, with a slightly piceous tinge), and 
shining. Head and prothorax deeply punctured: the former with 
the forehead flattened, and more or less longitudinally strigulose 
(especially in the males): the /atter narrowed behind, and with a 
large impression on either side of its fore disk; and occasionally 
(peculiar perhaps: to the females) with an obscure transversely 
impressed line towards the base. Hlytra broader than the head 
and prothorax, with the sides nearly parallel, and lightly punctate- 
striated ; uneven (or subnodulose) at their base, especially about 
the shoulders; and obsoletely constricted transversely, or im- 
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