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a little further back. Abdomen thickly griseo-pubescent and punctate, margins of the 
segments narrowly rufescent. Legs obscurely ferruginous. 
From Oahu. 
56. CARPOPHILUS VITTIGER. 
Carpophilus biguttatus?, Motsch. Etud, Ent. 1858, p. 43. 
Elongatus, subopacus, punctatus, cano valde pubescens; nigro-fuscus, ore, capite basi 
elytrisque basi et vitta a basi usque pone medium obscure rufo-testaceis. Long. 
1$ lin., lat. $ lin, 
Habitat in India orientali et insulis Waigiou, Aru, Morty, Dorey, &c. 
Var. rosustus. Thorace magno, magis punctato, elytris haud breviore. 
Habitat in Waigiou. 
Var. nierirus. Totus niger, capitis basi et interdum elytrorum basi exceptis. 
Habitat in insula Waigiou, prope Novam Guineam. 
Var. restacevs. Totus testaceus. 
Habitat in insula Waigiou, prope Novam Guineam. 
Var, timeas. Testaceus, elytris limbo angusto apicali nigro. 
Habitat in insula Dorey. 
Var. prtutus. Testaceus, elytris basi et vitta suturali dilutioribus. 
Habitat in Macassar. 
Elongate, narrow, subopaque, punctate, hoary pubescent, the pubescence, when not 
rubbed, long and woolly, nigro-fuscous. Head obscure fuscous, its base and the mouth 
and antennze rufo-testaceous, mandibles darker at the apex. Thorax subquadrate, a little 
narrower before than behind, wholly fuscous, rather smooth, sparsely and lightly punc- 
tate, with the base as well as the sides lightly margined, the anterior angles almost 
right angles, the posterior rounded: a doubtful dorsal line behind; it is broader, par- 
tieularly in front, in some individuals than in others—in some instances so much so as to 
be broader before than behind—probably a sexual character. Seutellumfuscous. Elytra _ 
of the breadth of the thorax and continuous with it, longer than the thorax, with the 
sides subparallel, lightly margined, with the apex very slightly obliquely truncate ; 
fuscous, the base and a rather broad stripe extending from the base to behind the middle, 
parallel to the suture, obscurely rufo-testaceous, the suture itself fuscous. The last two 
segments of the abdomen long, punctate posteriorly, almost — in front, and the 
pygidium flat and conical. Legs rufo-testaceous. 
This is a most variable species, and if we had only one or two of the extreme forms, it 
would unquestionably have figured as two or three species at least; but as I have been 
furnished with a large series by Mr. Wallace, I have been enabled to arrive at a more 
correct conclusion. The varieties differ not only in colour, but in the development of the 
thorax and the comparative length of the thorax and elytra. These pass, by such trifling 
degrees, from one to the other, that no doubt as to their being mere varieties can exist. 
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