EEA — س‎ 
298 MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
. and slightly rounded; the base slightly bisinuate, margined. Scutellum transverse, sub- 
quadrangular, punctate. Elytra a half longer than the thorax, costate; the interstices 
closely and lightly punctate, with the sides slightly declinate, margined, and very slightly 
sinuate, the exterior apical angles rounded, the sutural angles almost right angles. 
Abdomen smooth, very thickly and lightly punctate; fimbrize nearly parallel, except on 
the pygidium. Legs ferrugineo-piceous. 
From Caraccas. Collected by M. Sallé. 
16. BRACHYPEPLUS TENUIS. 
Parvus, elongatus, oblongus, parallelus, niger, obscurus, pubescens, subtiliter Fig. 60. 
punctatus; elytris subcostatis. Long. 13 lin., lat. 3 lin. 
Habitat apud Lagoa Santa in Brasilia. 
Small, elongate, slender, oblong, parallel, dull, black or nigro-piceous, pubescent, 
faintly punctate; under a powerful glass the punctures on the thorax are seen to be 
shallow variolose pits. Head bi-impressed in front. Antenne with the base ferru- 
gineo-piceous and the club fuscous. Thorax a fourth broader than long, anterior 
angles rounded, the sides straight, posterior angles nearly right angles, a little pointed 
backwards, the base bisinuate. Scutellum transverse, subquadrangular, punctate and 
pubescent. Elytra punctate-striate, with the pubescence disposed in lines, giving them 
a subcostate appearance; about twice the length of the thorax; apex of each elytron 
very slightly rounded, exterior apical angles rounded. Abdomen about as broad as the 
elytra; fimbrie not very broad, the inner margin curved, widest behind except on the 
pygidium. Underside, with the middle of the last segment and the margin of the pre- 
ceding, ferrugineo-piceous. Legs dull ferrugineo-piceous, pubescent. 
This is the smallest species I have met with. 
Described from a unique specimen found by M. Reinhardt, under the bark of dead 
trees, near Lagoa Santa in Brazil, and now in the Museum of Copenhagen. 
Section II. Ligula with the membranous lobes prominent, but not rounded, on both sides. 
* Body not very broad. Scutellum rounded or transversely pentagonal. 
17. BRACHYPEPLUS ORIENTALIS. 
Oblongus, subdepressus, leviter fulvo pubescens, subopacus, fusco-piceus, ore, Fig. 61. 
antennarum basi, prothoracis lateribus, elytris pedibusque ferrugineo-testa- 
ceis ; elytris costatis, interstitiis striato-punctatis. Long. 14 lin., lat. 4 lin. 
Habitat in Borneo. 
Oblong, subdepressed, fusco-piceous, fulvo-pubescent, subopaque, with the mouth, the 
_ base of the antennae, the sides of the thorax, the elytra, and the legs ferrugineo-testaceous. 
Head longitudinally bifoveolate in front, the epistome raised prominently between the 
foveæ. Thorax short, transverse, flat, lightly rugosely punctate, somewhat narrower and 
rounded in front, with the sides margined and slightly explanate; anterior angles 
rounded, posterior somewhat acute, a little pointed backwards, the base bisinuate and 
margined except in the middle. Scutellum broad, transverse, semicircular. Elytra 
