358 MR. à. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
Broad, depressed, black, densely punctate, rather dull, with short black pubescence. 
Head with a semicircular line drawn between the anterior margins of the eyes; antenne 
black. Thorax nearly twice as brodd as long, widest before the middle, sides somewhat 
parallel until about a third from the front, when the anterior angle is rounded in, making 
the thorax a good deal narrower in front than behind, convex in front, flat on the pos- 
terior part of the disk, the posterior half of which is surrounded by an oblique curved 
impression, and on this flat circular space is a slight, smooth longitudinal line in front of 
the scutellum; sides with a distinct, raised, reflexed margin; base sinuato-truncate ; 
anterior angles rounded, posterior angles obtuse and slightly turned back. Scutellum 
transversely triangular, with a narrow shining margin. Elytra flat, not raised towards 
the suture, duller and more pubescent and a little longer than the thorax, humeral 
angles not rounded, but terminating in a point, sides deeply margined; apex very 
obliquely truncate, exterior apical angles rounded, sutural apical angles obtuse. Abdo- 
men with the penultimate segment more shining and less punctate on the disk than on 
the sides. Underside coarsely punctate and with a griseous pubescence. Legs slightly 
piceous. 
This species might have a place in the previous section, for it is somewhat depressed 
° and elongate, and not unlike C. niger, but smaller and shorter. It is, however, still more 
nearly allied to the convex broad species, and therefore I have put it at their head, indi- 
cating its affinity to the previous section while retaining it in this. 
From Madagascar. 
28. CARPOPHILUS FUNEREUS. 
C. Morioni affinis; sat convexus, fortiter punctatus, dense pubescens, opacus, niger; 
thorace antice angustiore, angulis anticis obtusis, haud rotundatis; pedibus piceis. 
Long. 12 lin., lat. 1} lin. 
Habitat in Taprobana. 
Moderately convex, very deeply and thickly punctate, densely pubescent, opaque, black. 
Head very slightly bi-inipressed in front; antenne black. Thorax narrowed in front, 
widest behind the middle, sides deeply margined, gently rounded, curved rapidly in at 
the posterior angles, which are obtuse and slightly turned back ; anterior angles obtuse, 
not rounded; base deeply bisinuate; there is no dorsal line on the disk. Scutellum 
transverse, subpentangular, finely punctate. Elytra about once and a half the length of 
the thorax, with the sides deeply margined, especially towards the base, and declinate ; 
when viewed from the side they are seen to be widest immediately behind the shoulder; 
truncation of apex moderately oblique. Abdomen finely punctate and pubescent. Legs 
piceous; tarsi rufous. 
This species is similar to C. Morio, but is easily distinguished by the thorax being 
widest behind the middle instead of before the middle, and by its anterior angles being 
simply obtuse instead of rounded. The punctuation is very close and fine, giving it 4 
dull, opaque, and sombre appearance. 
Found by Mr. Templeton or Colonel Champion in the island of Ceylon, and now in the 
collection of the University of Oxford. 
