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Fam. 



Genus BRACK YPTERUS. 



Kugelann, in Schneid. Mag. 506 (1794). 



Brachypterus aeneoniicans, n. sp. 



B. oblongo-ovatus, convexus, viridi-seneo micans, grosse aureo-pu- 

 bescens, profunde, parco et subaequaliter punctatus ; prothorace 

 postice paulo angustiore ; antennis pedibusque testaccis, illarum 

 clava nigrescente.- Long. corp. lin. 1. 



Variat (immaturus ?) elytris subtestaceo-dilutioribus. 



Habitat Gomeram, rarissimus. Specimina duo collegerunt DD. Crotch. 



Obs. A B. velato difFert colore seneo, multo magis metallico, 

 pube robustiore ac magis aurea, proftmdius et prsesertim in capite 

 minus dense punctatus, prothorace sensim longiore (minus trans- 

 verso), ad latera minus a&qualiter rotundato (sc. postice sensim 

 angustato, ergo angulis posticis minus rotundatis). 



Two examples of this Brachypterus were captured in Gomera by 

 the Messrs. Crotch. They are unquestionably distinct from the 



B. velatus, being not only more aeneous and metallic, with their 

 pubescence even coarser still, and of a much more golden hue, but 

 their entire punctation is deeper and (particularly on the head) less 

 dense, and their prothorax is appreciably longer or less transverse, 

 and less evenly rounded at the sides (being in fact perceptibly nar- 

 rowed posteriorly, causing the basal angles to be less rounded or 

 more denned). 



Genus CARPOPHILUS. 



(Leach) Steph., Ill Brit. Ent. iii. 50 (1830). 



Carpophilus tersus, n. sp. 



C. latiusculus, depressiusculus, subopacus, minute griseo-pubescens, 

 densissime et argute punctatus, niger; elytris singuh's macula 

 magna media obliqua rufo-testacea ornatis ; prothorace convexiore, 

 latiusculo, ad latera equaliter rotundato, angulis anticis acutius- 

 culis, posticis subrotundatis ; scutello magno abdomineque nitidi- 

 oribus ; antennarum articulis subbasalibus vix dilutioribus ; pedi- 

 bus piceis, tarsis rufo-testaceis. Long. corp. lin. vix 1|. 



Habitat Gomeram, a DD. Crotch intra Eupliorbiam emortuam semel 

 captus. 



A single example of this distinct Carpophilus was taken by the 

 Messrs. Crotch in Gomera, from out of a dead Euphorbia ; and it 

 would appear, consequently, not only to be truly indigenous but 



