MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 361 
93. CARPOPHILUS OBESUS. 
Convexus, oblongo-ovatus, grossus, parum nitidus, punctatus, niger, anten- 
narum basi picea; thorace valde convexo, marginato, margine canali- 
culato; elytris éonvexis, pone humeros impressis, lateribus marginatis 
et profunde canaliculatis. Long. 1$ lin., lat. $-1 lin. 
Habitat in insulis Aru et Dorey in Nova Guinea. 
Convex, large and obese-looking, oblong-ovate, somewhat shining, punc- 
Fig. 96. 
‘tate, black, and nigro-pubescent. Antennze with the base piceous. Head 
with a more or less distinct semicircular depression at the base of the 
epistome, and a slight fovea at each end of it, finely and rather thickly punctate. Thorax 
transverse, very convex, not much narrower in front than behind, when viewed from above 
with the sides nearly straight, but actually rounded, widest behind, margined ; anterior 
angles rounded, posterior obtuse, apex scarcely emarginate ; thickly punctate, more faintly 
on the disk, rather coarsely towards the sides; base bisinuate, the middle broad, slightly 
raised, and reaching further back than the sides, with a smooth narrow dorsal line 
extending a short distance forward in front of the scutellum, and a rounded depression 
on each side from the base to the sides. Scutellum rather large, rounded, finely punctate 
at the base, apical margin smooth. Elytra longer than the thorax, not quite so long as 
head and thorax, convex, with a large depression behind the shoulders, which are rather 
prominent; sides rounded, widest in the middle, margined, deeply canaliculate, apex 
obliquely truncate, exterior apical angle rounded, sutural obtuse. Pygidium convex, 
faintly punctate, and with longish pubescence. Fimbrie distinct. 
From the Aru Islands, and the island of Dorey, New Guinea. From Mr. Wallace. 
The specimens from the island of Dorey, one of the New Guinea Islands, are less con- 
vex and a little less punctate than the specimens from the Aru Islands. 
34. CARPOPHILUS PUNCTICEPs. 
Oblongo-ovalis, convexus, subnitidus, punctatus, breviter et parce nigro pubescens, niger ; 
thorace rotundato et convexo; elytris convexis, sutura leviter elevata, utrinque 
prope suturam impressione longitudinali subparallela medio latiore instructa. Long. 
1ilin., lat. 3 lin. 
Habitat in Calabaria antiqua in Africa occidentali. 
Oblong-oval, convex, somewhat shining, punctate, sparingly clothed with short black 
pubescence, black. Head strongly and densely punctate, the epistome less punctate ; 
antenne black. Thorax rotundate and convex, strongly punctate, the disk more sparingly 
so, with a faint dorsal posterior raised line, the sides rounded, all the angles obtuse, the base 
bisinuate. Scutellum broad, rounded. Elytra lightly punctate, convex, with the suture 
slightly raised, and on each side with a subparallel longitudinal impression broadest in 
the middle; the sides rounded, rather deeply margined, the apex of each elytron rounded, 
the sutural apical angles obtuse, the exterior apical angles rounded. Pygidium convex, 
very faintly punctate. Legs piceous. 
From Old Calabar. I have received a pair of this species from the Rev. W. C. Thomson. 
