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less distinct, a little behind their middle, anterior angles rounded, posterior angles 
obtuse, base straight; disk bi-impressed on each side a little behind the middle. Scu- 
tellum shining, very slightly punctulate towards the base. Elytra a half longer than 
the thorax, rather strongly and sparsely punctate, more thickly punctured with smaller 
punctures near the suture; shoulders prominent, sides subparallel, very slightly rounded, 
the apex truncate almost straight; a fuscous or dark fawn-coloured band stretching 
across the apex and reaching nearly halfway up the side and a quarterway up the 
suture, and not so far up between them; sometimes the apical margin of this band is 
paler. The shoulder has usually a dark curved streak bending backwards and inwards 
towards the suture ; the disk, obliquely from the shoulder to the suture behind the middle, 
is also dark in some individuals. Abdomen punctate.  Prosternum testaceous; meso- 
sternum, metasternum, and abdomen infuseate or black. Legs testaceous. 
Var. conspicuus. The darker parts of this species are usually, as above mentioned, of 
a dark fawn or fuscous colour; but there is a specimen in Mr. Bowring’s collection in 
which they are wholly black, giving the insect so different an appearance, that I have 
thought it advisable to record it as a variety under this name. 
From North China. 
5. CARPOPHILUS DISCOLOR. 
(Klug, inedit.); Erichs. notat. sed haud descrip. in Gérm. Zeitschr. iv. 256 (1843). 
C. badius (Dup.). 
Oblongo-ovatus, sat latus, parum convexus, nitidus, glaber, punctatus, ferrugineo-piceus, 
thoracis lateribus dilutioribus. Long. 13 lin., lat. $ lin. 
Habitat in Madagascaria. 
Oblong-ovate, broadish, somewhat convex, shining, glabrous, punctate, ferrugineo- 
piceous. Head distinctly sparsely punctate, very slightly obliquely impressed in front; 
mouth testaceo-rufous. Antenne testaceo-rufous, with the club fuscous. Thorax nar- 
rower in front than behind, the sides declinate, rounded ; anterior angles obtusely rounded, 
posterior angles obtuse; sparsely punctured on the disk, more thickly towards the sides ; 
apex truncate. Scutellum rounded, smooth, impunctate, except a few indistinct punc- 
tures at the base. Elytra scarcely wider than the thorax at the base, not much longer 
than the thorax, rather convex, the sides declinate and rounded, most so before the 
middle, the margination strong, and leaving a furrow inside reaching behind the middle, 
very distinctly punctured; shoulders rather prominent; apex of each elytron truncate 
obliquely and roundly backwards from the suture. Abdomen convex above, more finely 
and obscurely punctate, subpubescent. Legs ferrugineo-rufous. 
Collected by Goudot in Madagascar, and not very rare in collections. 
6. CARPOPHILUS NITIDUS. 
Affinis C. discolori, parum major, latior, oblongo-ovatus, parum convexus, nitidissimus, 
punctatus, aterrimus, antennarum basi pedibusque lete testaceis. Long. 2 lin., 
lat. 1 lin. 
Habitat in Calabaria antiqua. 
