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dimidiatus sont plas courtes que celles du mutilatus). Il n'est 

 pas impossible que les deux aient été confondus. 



Pour ceux de mes collègues qui s'intéressent à la chose, je citerai 

 (mot à mot) ce que dit à propos du G. mulUalus G. Murray dans son 

 mémoire : Monograph of'the fanidy of thc Nitidulariœ ÇTvanàacVions 

 of ttie Linnean Society of London, vol. XXIV, p. 378). 



Garpophilus mutilatus. 



Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. 258 (1843). 



Nilidula hemiptera, Fab. Ent. Syst. 261 (179^). 



Nitidula pallensP, Blancb. in d'Orbigny. Voy. dans l'Amérique 



Mérid. VI. 2. Ins. 64 (1837-43). 

 Carpophilus mutilatus, WoU. Ins. Mad. 116 (1854). 

 Subcylindrico-oblongus, rufo-ferrugineus, pubescens, crebre subtiliter 

 punctatus; thorace subquadrato; elytris thoraee vix longioribus; abdo- 

 mine infra colore saturatiore. 

 Long. 1 2/3, lat. 1/2 lin. 



Habitat in Europa meridionali, in Madera, in India orientali, in India 

 oceidentali, in Australia, etc. 



Subcyliiidric-oblong, sparsely clothed with a ralber long pale tes- 

 taceous pubescence, denscly and finely punctate, not sbining, flavo- 

 testaceous or rufo-ferruginous, Plead punctate, with longer pubescence 

 than tbat on Lhe tliorax : tbe usual impressions on cach side in front are 

 either absent or veiy sligbt. Thorax convcx, large, subquadrate, rather 

 sti'ongly punctate, thc punctures variolose, the pubescence ail directcd 

 to a point immediately in front of the scutellum ; sides declinate, angles 

 ail obtusoly roundod, apex and base nearly straight, truncate; the disk 

 usually somewhat darker than the sides. Scutellum also daiker, mode- 

 rale in size, rounded, nearly impunctate, a few faint small punctures 

 only at ïU base. Elytra scarcely (perhaps a very little) longer than 

 the thorax, not wider than the thorax, shoulders distinct, but not very 

 prominent, sides straight when seen from above, declinate and slighUy 

 rounded, margin distinct; testacecus, paler than the thorax, near lhe 

 scutellum and along the apex slightly darker than the rest of the elytra, 

 flnely and not very closely punctate, punctuation becoming thicker 

 towards the suture, pubescence long; the apex declinate, each elytron 

 truncate obliquely, exterior apical angles obtusely rounded, suturai 

 angles obtuse, right angles at the very point. Abdomen above rufo- 

 ferruginous, with a tinge of fuscous; underside and legs rather darker. 

 Legs robust. 



I am inclincd to think, from M. Blanchard's description and the exami- 

 nation of a mutilated fragment of the type in the Muséum of thc Jardin 

 des Plantes, that bis Nitidula pjallens belongs to lliis species, 



This species is now found in most countries to which commerce bas 

 penetrated. Its original habitat is supposed to be the Westindies. 



