882 MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
angles rounded, sutural angles obtuse. Exposed portion of abdomen short and abruptly 
attenuate, ferrugineo-piceous. Underside ferruginous. Metathorax with the epipleura . 
rather wide and bent. Legs testaceo-ferruginous. 
From Pulo Milu. In the Museum at Copenhagen: kindly lent to me for description 
by Professor Schiódte. 
72. CARPOPHILUS CYLINDRICUS. 
Valde angustus, linearis, cylindricus, subopacus, pubescens, leviter parce punctatus, totus 
flavescens. Long. 1j lin., lat. + lin. 
Habitat in Taprobana. 
Very narrow, linear, cylindrical, dull, pubescent, lightly and not thickly punctate, 
wholly testaceous yellow. Head impressed with a curved line in front; antennz robust, 
club large. Thorax elongate, longer than broad, somewhat narrower in front, sides sub- 
parallel, all the angles rounded, impressed on each side towards the posterior angles, base 
slightly emarginate in the middle. Scutellum triangular, faintly and sparingly punctate 
and pubescent. Elytra of the same width as the thorax, nearly a half longer than the 
thorax, sides declinate and margined, expanded beyond the margin, apex truncate 
scarcely obliquely, exterior apical angles rounded, sutural a little obtuse. Abdomen 
pubescent, pygidium peaked. Legs robust. 
Easily recognized by its long thread-like body. It clearly belongs to this section, 
although at first sight it looks as if its thorax was so long as almost to require another 
section for it. On measuring it, however, it will be found that this is an ocular deception ; 
the thorax is actually as broad as long, or nearly so. It therefore comes literally within 
the section with a quadrate thorax. 
From Ceylon. I owe this interesting species to the special researches of Mr. Nietner 
undertaken for the purpose of this Monograph. 
73. CARPOPHILUS TENUIS. 
C. cylindrico affinis; minor, minus convexus, minus punctatus, testaceo-brunneus, thorace 
haud postice impresso, elytris paulo brevioribus. 
Habitat in China. 
Allied to C. cylindricus. Smaller, not so convex, less punctate, testaceous brown ; 
the thorax not impressed behind; the sides of the thorax more sloped away to the pos- 
terior angles, and the anterior angles more rounded, base bisinuate. Elytra a little 
shorter; in other respects as in that species. 
From Hongkong. 
(Subgenus Nrrors (Nitidula, by elision ; and oy, the eye,—a Nitidula with notable eyes)-) 
Caput latum ; oculis grandibus, fortiter et grosse granulatis. Abdominis segmentis expositis brevibus. 
Cetera ut in Carpophilo. T 
The distinguishing marks of this subgenus are a broad head with large and coarsely gra- 
nulated eyes. The exposed dorsal part of the abdomen is short, making the elytra look long- 
In C. ophthalmicus the mandibles on the right side are pointed, and on the left bidentate.: 
