372 MR. A. MURRAY’S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARIA. 
94. CARPOPHILUS PALLIPENNIS (FLORALIS, Erichs.). 
Cercus pallipennis, Say, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. iii. 194 (1823). 
Carpophilus floralis, Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. 261 (1843). 
Var. Carpophilus canus (Erichs.). 
Subovatus, convexus, niger, dense punctatus, griseo pubescens; antennis testaceis, elytris 
pedibusque testaceis vel rufo fuscis. Long. 14 lin., lat. 2 lin. 
Habitat in Arkansas prope montes rupestres et in Mexico. 
Subovate, short, convex, densely punctate, griseo-pubescent, black, with the elytra tes- 
taceous or reddish brown. Antennze testaceous, with the club black. Labrum rufous. 
Head very thickly punctate, bifoveolate in front. Thorax transverse, gently narrowed in 
front, truncate at the apex, with the sides and all the angles rounded, convex, very thickly 
and rather deeply punctate, with the back behind and on each side obliquely impressed. 
Scutellum very thickly punctate. Elytra almost a half longer than the thorax, very 
thickly and rather deeply punctate, apex obliquely truncate, truncation somewhat 
rounded; exterior apical angles rounded, sutural angles obtuse. Abdomen closely punc- 
tate. Legs testaceous or reddish brown. 
Dr. Schaum had in his collection a dark specimen of this species, standing under the 
name of C. canus, Erichs., which he has been good enough to cede to me for the British 
Museum. 
From Mexico, Arkansas, and other parts of North America. 
Section IX. (Subgenus Mvornonax (uvov, a muscular part ; and 0wpag, thorax).) Body subcylindrically 
convex, oblong. "Thorax subquadrate (see fig. 105). 
55. CARPOPHILUS MACULATUS. j 
Oblongus, convexus, leviter et parce punctatus, griseo pubescens, s subnitidus, nigro- 
fuscus; elytris ferrugineo obscure maculatis. Long. 1} lin., lat. 2 
Habitat in insula Oahu. 
Oblong, convex, lightly and sparingly punctate, griseo-pubescent, nigro-fuscous. Head 
punctate and pubescent, scarcely impressed in front, the vertex behind with a transverse - 
obscure ferruginous mark. Antennze obscurely ferruginous. "Thorax of the same breadth 
before as behind, convex, transversely subquadrate ; the sides deeply declinate, nearly 
straight, slightly rounded in front and behind, most rounded behind; anterior angles 
nearly right angles, with the point rounded, posterior angles rounded; apex somewhat 
bisinuate, base truncate; very finely and sparingly punctate on the disk, more coarsely 
punctate and more pubescent towards the sides; sides of thorax when looked at from the 
side wider than sides of elytra, when looked at from above apparently nearly equal in 
breadth. Seutellum nigro-piceous, punctate. Elytra rounded-in at the shoulder, seen 
from the side slightly rounded, widest behind the shoulder; the sides, seen from above, 
nearly parallel; apex of each elytron truncate a little obliquely; exterior apical angle 
nearly a right angle, rounded; sutural angles almost right angles; finely and sparingly 
punctate, dark chestnut, somewhat dull, with a ferruginous patch along the base covering 
the shoulder, another near the suture about its middle, and another near the outer margin 
