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tate. Abdomen very finely punctate. Legs ferruginous. The metathoracic axillary 
piece or line, or the imitation of one, which is present in C. marginellus, is here absent, 
and its place supplied by the small pseudo-axillary piece, formed by the enlargement of 
the posterior lip of the middle cotyloid cavities, which occurs in several species of the 
genus. 
From Celebes. Collected by Mr. Wallace. 
12. CARPOPHILUS ANTIQUUS. 
Melsh. Proc. Acad. Philad. ii. 105 (1846). 
Cercus punctulatus, Melsh. ibid. ii. 104. 
Colore et textura C. marginello Er. haud dissimilis: forma differt; oblongus, parum de- 
pressus, nitidus, durus, fere glaber, leviter punctatus, saturate castaneus, thoracis 
disco elytrorumque apice piceo-brunneis ; tibiis posticis abrupte dilatatis, dilatatione 
parallela. Long. 1j lin., lat. 2 lin. 
Habitat in America boreali. 
Something like C. marginellus in colour and texture. Oblong, somewhat depressed, 
shining, hard, nearly but not quite glabrous; the pubescence sparse, fulvous, and almost 
confined to the abdomen ; lightly punctate, of a dark chestnut colour, with the disk of the 
thorax and the apex of the elytra gradually becoming piceo-brunneous or black. Head 
sparingly and lightly punctate, very faintly bi-impressed in front. Thorax broader than 
long, nearly equal in breadth in front and behind, sides slightly rounded, rather deeply 
margined, the margination narrowest about the middle; apex scarcely emarginate, an- 
terior angles obtuse, rounded, posterior angles obtuse, base truncate; very finely and not 
closely punctate, a depression close to the side before the posterior angle somewhat more 
deeply punctate. Scutellum with a very few punctures towards the base. Elytra about 
the same breadth as the thorax, more deeply punctate than it, most punctate at a longi- . 
tudinal depression near the scutellum on each side of the suture, with the sides nearly 
straight, slightly rounded, margined, and canaliculate, slightly attenuated towards the 
apex, which on each elytron is truncate obliquely backwards from the suture; exterior 
apical angles acute and rounded, sutural angles obtuse; shoulders not prominent. Ab- 
domen very finely punctate and pubescent. Legs obscure ferruginous; posterior tibiæ 
with their apical half abruptly dilated, the dilatation parallel. 
From Tennessee and the neighbouring districts of North America. 
13. CARPOPHILUS FERRUGINEUS. 
Oblongus, parum latus, depressus, durus, nitidus, glaber, punctatus, læte ferrugineus; 
tibiis posticis dilatatis, sed dilatatione haud parallela. Long. 1-1} lin., lat. 3 lin. 
Habitat in Mexico. 
Oblong, rather broad, depressed, hard, shining, glabrous, punctate, light ferruginous. 
Club of the antennæ fuscous. Head very sparingly and very lightly punctate, impressed 
on each side in front. Thorax transverse, with the sides subparallel, very slightly 
rounded, very lightly and sparingly punctate, not more thickly upon the sides than on 
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