314 MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
angles. Scutellum triangular, very slightly punctate. Elytra longer than the thorax, 
faintly punctate-striate, with a tendency to become costate, some of the alternate inter- 
stices being slightly raised; the stris effaced before the apex; apex slightly rounded, 
with the external angles rounded, sutural angles slightly obtuse. Abdomen pubescent 
and finely punctate, with a longitudinal impression on the last three segments both above 
and below, but not so deep below; dorsal exposed portion of abdomen about a third of 
the length of the thorax longer than the elytra; margins of segments ferrugineo-piceous. 
Underside finely and closely punctate and pubescent. Legs short and stout, dark ferru- 
gineo-piceous. 
From Madagascar. 
4. CILLÆUS LINEARIS. (Plate XXXV. fig. 4.) 
Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. 249 (1843). 
Glaber, dilute testaceus, nitidus, subtiliter punctatus; thorace oblongo ; elytris thorace 
fere duplo longioribus, colore saturatioribus. Long. 3 lin., lat. 3 lin. 
Habitat in Columbia. 
Linear, depressed, glabrous, shining, clear pale testaceous. Mandibles black. Head a 
little narrower than the thorax, with the forehead flat, faintly punctate. "Thorax about 
the breadth of the elytra, rather longer than broad, somewhat oblong, slightly narrowed 
towards the base, depressed, faintly punctate. Scutellum very faintly punctate. Elytra 
about twice as long as the thorax, faintly irregularly punctate, not striate, darker than 
the rest of the body. Abdomen more thickly punctate, the dorsal segments marked lon- 
gitudinally with fuscous, the dorsal exposed portion of the abdomen about equal in length 
to the thorax and elytra taken together. 
From Columbia. 
5. CILLZUS LONGIPENNIS. 
Longus, linearis, angustus, parallelus, depressus, testaceo-castaneus, griseo Fig 78. 
pubescens, punctatus, subopacus; thorace latitudine longiore; elytris tho- 
race fere duplo longioribus, levissime lineatis, interstitiis seriatim elon- 
gato-punctatis ; abdomine aciculatim granulato et punctato. Long. 2j lin., 
lat. 2 lin. 
Habitat in Madagascaria. 
Long, linear, narrow, parallel, depressed, testaceous chestnut, dull, griseo-pubescent, 
punctate, subopaque. Head moderately punctate. Labrum transverse, short, indented 
on the margin. Thorax with the sides nearly parallel, very slightly narrowed in front 
and behind, irregularly punctured, the punctures rather deep, scattered, and elongate; 
anterior angles obtuse and rounded, posterior angles nearly right-angled, sides margined. 
Scutellum not very large, piceo-castaneous, punctate. Elytra nearly twice the length 
of the thorax, scarcely broader than the general width of the thorax, a little broader at 
the base than its base, very finely and closely lineate, the interstices impressed with a 
row of longitudinal punctures, in some places running together so as to make an inter- 
