THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
Vou. XVI.) MAY, 90: [No. 240. 
DESCRIPTIONS or THREE NEW SPECIES or COLEOPTERA 
(NITIDULIDZ) rrom CERAM. 
By A. Sipney OLLiFF. 
LASIODACTYLUS STELIDOTOIDES, Olliff. 
a, Antenna. b. Tarsus. 
Tuer three species of Nitidulids described in the present 
paper are from Ceram; by whom they were collected I cannot 
ascertain; when they came into my possession I received no 
information respecting them except as regards their locality. 
Of one of them (L. stelidotoides) I have seen in various collections 
specimens from Gilolo, Ceram, and Macassar ; these latter were, 
I believe, collected by Mr. Wallace. A wood-cut of this species 
is given above; the other (L. notabilis) will be figured in Mr. 
Waterhouse’s ‘Aid to the Identification of Insects’ now being 
published in quarterly parts. 
Carpopuiius, Stephens. 
Carpophilus assimilis, n. sp. 
Elongate, slightly more attenuated in front than behind, 
rather convex, shining black, very sparingly covered with short 
black pubescence. Head rather large, transverse, extremely 
finely and closely punctured. Clypeus less closely but equally 
finely punctured. Prothorax in front considerably broader than 
the head, transverse, very finely and closely punctured ; anterior 
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