332 MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLA. 
first joint very short, the second long and curved, the last straight on the inner side, gra- 
dually thickened towards the middle on the outer side. Mentum transverse, emarginate. 
Eyes very coarsely granulated and of very large size, occupying the whole of the space 
behind the antennz and between them and the thorax: each eye is nearly as broad as 
the head between them.  Prothorax small, transverse, subquadrangular. Scutellum 
large and broad. Elytra long, fully twice the length of the thorax, leaving the last three 
segments of the abdomen exposed. Exposed dorsal segments of abdomen shorter than 
the elytra, and very little, if any, longer than the thorax; fimbriz absent, the suture 
between the ventral and dorsal segments of the abdomen being placed at the margin; 
the second segment of the abdomen the shortest, but not very short; the first, third, 
and fourth about equal in length; the last not very large—longer than the penultimate 
segment, not longer than the two penultimate segments taken together. Prosternum 
flat, slightly projecting and rounded, resting upon the mesosternum, which is flat and 
broad. The metathorax without axillary pieces. Legs moderate; tibiæ without a chan- 
nel for the reception of the tarsi; tarsi not greatly dilated. 
This genus is exceptional so far as regards the fimbriz: they are as little developed 
as in a Carpophilus ; but the other characters combine to show that: its place is among 
the broadly fimbriated species of this group, and therefore I have put it here, although 
this character belies the very name I have given to the section in which it is placed. 
It is one of those cases in natural history which put at defiance all attempts to walk by 
absolute rules or invariable characters. 
CILLZEUS. 
Position and Affinities.—Prosoreus. MACROSTOLA. ^ CoNoTELUs. 
CARPOPHILUS. 
1. MACROSTOLA STRAMINEA. (Plate XXXV. fig. 7.) 
Subconvexa, elongato-fusiformis, nitida, glabra, leete castaneo-testacea, leviter punctata ; 
elytris leviter punctato-striatis, interstitiis lineatis, sutura haud depressa. Long. 
3 lin., lat. 2 lin. | 
Habitat in Mexico. 
Subconvex, elongate-fusiform, shining, glabrous, lightly punctate, bright testaceous 
chestnut. Head punctate, bifoveolate in front. Thorax transversely oblong, gently and 
slightly rounded in front, not emarginate, faintly punctate; posterior angles right-angled, 
anterior rounded. Scutellum faintly punctate at the base. Elytra subparallel, slightly 
narrower in front and behind, punctate-striate, with a faint line sometimes subpunctate 
in the interstices, the stris reaching almost, but not quite, to the apex ; humeral and 
exterior apical angles rounded, not depressed at the suture; convex and truncate at the 
apex; sutural angles nearly right-angled. Abdomen finely and thickly punctate. 
From Mexico. Collected by M. Sallé. 
Plate XXXV. ; the paraglossee in fig. 7 e*, which shows the back view. When the ligula is lgid on the front of this, 
we have fig. 7 e**, which we see on looking into the month. 
