376 MR. A. MURRAY’S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
emarginate, anterior angles obtuse, sides immediately behind the apex moderately, then a 
very little more widely rounded, behind subtruncate, with the posterior angles obtuse. 
- Scutellum short, broad, subtriangular, piceous, subopaque, finely thickly punctulate. 
Elytra a half longer than the thorax and not broader than its base, finely thickly 
rugosely punctate, slenderly cinereo-pubescent, truncate in front, the shoulders.a little 
raised, subangular ; the sides slightly margined, at the middle a little more widened and 
rounded, with the apex of each obliquely truncate, the exterior angles obtuse; moderately 
convex, rufo-testaceous, slightly shining, with the apex more or less infuscate. Body 
piceous, slightly shining, finely thickly punctulate, slightly cinereo-pubescent. Legs rufo- 
testaceous, obsoletely punctulate, sparingly pubescent. 
Exceedingly close to C. mutilatus; probably only a variety. Its thorax is more qua- 
drate and pubescence finer. . In other respects there is little perceptible difference. 
From Caffraria. 
60. CARPOPHILUS AUSTRALIS. 
C. fumato affinis, major et elongatior; oblongo-ovalis, punctatus, subpubescens, pal- 
lide castaneus, elytris dilutioribus, sutura et spatio scutellari brunneis, abdomine 
saturatiore, ore pedibusque testaceis, mandibulorum apice piceis. Long. 13 lin., 
lat. $ lin. 
Habitat in Victoria in Australia. 
Similar in appearance to C. fwmatus; larger and more elongate, and with the thorax 
narrower in front. Oblong-oval, punctate, subpubescent, pale chestnut-coloured, with 
the elytra paler and the suture and scutellar space brunneous, the abdomen darker, the 
mouth and legs testaceous, the apex of the mandibles piceous. "Thorax narrowed in 
front, sides subparallel, scarcely rounded except towards the anterior angles, where they 
are rounded in. In other respects as in C. fwnatus. 
Most readily distinguished from its congeners by its thorax being more narrowed in 
front, the sides sloping straight to the slightly rounded anterior angles. Tt has, in fact, 
considerable affinity with the section in which I have placed C. hemipterus. 
From Melbourne in Australia. 
61. CARPOPHILUS ANGUSTATUS. 
Parallelus, angustatus, sat convexus, niger, opacus, pubescens, rugose punctatus ; thorace 
subquadrato, angulis rotundatis; elytris callo humerali obsolete ferrugineo ; antennis 
pedibusque ferrugineo-piceis. Long. 14 lin., lat. 2 lin. 
Var. Totus fuscus, griseo عسوا‎ 
. Habitat in Madagascaria. 
Elongate, parallel, narrow, rather convex, black, opaque, pubescent, and rugosely 
punctate. Head with a shallow depression on each side between the eyes. Thorax sub- 
quadrate, slightly narrower in front than behind, all the angles rounded, a depression 
towards the posterior angles. Elytra rather convex, the humeral callus showing an 
