360 MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
Allied to C. tectus. Smaller, convex, thickly punctate, nigro-pubescent, somewhat 
opaque, black, with the legs testaceous yellow. Head scarcely impressed in front, with 
the mouth and the base of the antennz testaceo-piceous. "Thorax very convex, very 
coarsely punctate and slightly pubescent, and with a small fovea on each side of the 
middle near the scutellum, and a larger one more towards the posterior angles; narrower 
in front than behind, with the sides rounded, but seen from above nearly parallel for its 
posterior half, with the remainder in front rounded; the apex scarcely emarginate, 
anterior angles slightly obtuse, posterior angles more so, base bisinuate. Scutellum 
pentagonal, punctate towards the base. Elytra very convex, punctate, but not so coarsely 
or thickly as the thorax, more pubescent, sides rounded, shoulders prominent, apex of 
each elytron truncate obliquely, exterior apical angles rounded, sutural angles obtuse. 
Abdomen convex. Body not so coarsely punctate below as above. Legs flavo-testaceous. 
This is very near to C. tectus; but its smaller size, greater convexity, and the thorax 
less produced behind induce me to treat it as a distinct species. 
From Singapore, and Macassar in Celebes. Collected by Mr. Wallace. 
32. CARPOPHILUS VARIOLOSUS. 
Convexus, late ovatus, subopacus, confertissime punctatus, nigro pubescens; niger, anten- 
nis piceis, clava fusca, tarsis piceis ; capite, thorace elytrisque variolose punctatis. 
Long. 1$ lin., lat. 1 lin. 
Habitat in Sarawak. 
Convex, broad-ovate, subopaque, thickly punctate, nigro-pubescent, black. Head 
thickly variolosely punctate, largely, rather deeply, and obliquely impressed on each side 
in front. Antenn: nearly twice the length of the head, piceous, with the club fuscous ; 
club broad, much compressed. "Thorax transverse, convex, sides rounded slightly for the 
posterior two-thirds, considerably for the anterior third; apex emarginate, emargination 
round; anterior angles declining, nearly right angles, posterior angles very obtuse; base 
truncate, very slightly sinuate towards the angles; very coarsely and thickly punctate, 
the punctures variolose, giving the surface a more than usually shagreened appearance ; 
the convexity of the thorax regular and without impressions ; the pubescence scarce and 
brownish black. Scutellum rounded, finely punctate and pubescent. Elytra convex, 
scarcely broader at the base than the thorax, wider in the middle, sides rounded and 
margined, humeral angle pointed, shoulder placed a little back, exterior apical angle 
rounded, sutural very slightly obtuse; apex of each elytron obliquely truncate; rather 
thickly punctate and pubescent. Abdomen finely punctate and pubescent. Below punc- 
tate. Legs black, tarsi piceous. 
The variolose and coarse punctuation is a ready character for distinguishing this 
species. When examined under the microscope the punctures are seen to be variolose, or 
flat at the bottom like a rain-drop on sand. This pitting, however, is not visible with an 
ordinary lens, either in this species or in any other species where it occurs; it requires 
a higher power to make it visible. 
From Sarawak. Collected by Mr. Wallace. 
