890 MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
elytra, not narrowed in front, subdepressed, finely punctate, scarcely rounded at the 
sides; apex truncate; base obliquely truncate on each side, both posterior and an- 
terior angles obtuse. Scutellum triangular, with the apex rounded; finely and sparsely 
punctate. Elytra almost a half longer than the thorax, subdepressed, finely punctate, 
deeply margined on the sides, which are slightly rounded, the suture and apex edged 
with black; apex of each elytron slightly obliquely truncate. Abdomen very faintly 
punctate. 
From Cuba and the neighbouring parts of America. 
85. CARPOPHILUS OCHRACEUS. 
Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. 260 (1843). 
` Oblongus, parum convexus, testaceus, densius griseo pubescens; ; thorace transverso, 
elytris thorace duplo Mae Long. 1} lin., lat. 4 lin 
Habitat in Brasilia. 
Oblong, slightly convex, very slightly shining, griseo-pubescent, pale testaceous. Head 
faintly and thickly punctate, marked in front on each side with a minute fovea, Thorax 
of the breadth of the elytra, transverse, rounded on the sides, somewhat narrowed in 
front, truncate at the apex, with all the angles obtuse, slightly transversely convex, faintly 
punctate. Scutellum densely punctate, Elytra twice as long as the thorax, faintly 
punctate. Abdomen faintly punctate. 
From Brazil. In the Berlin collection. 
86. CARPOPHILUS FLAVIDUS. 
Fairm. Essai sur les Coléoptéres de la Polynésie, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. June 1849, 26. 
* Pallide flavus, oblongus, depressus, parce pubescens; thorace transverso, angulis posticis 
rectis; elytris thorace duplo longioribus. Long. 1j lin 
* Habitat in Tahiti." 
Oblong, depressed, pale yellow, slightly shining, with very short and sparing golden 
pubescence, Head, thorax, and elytra finely and thickly punctate. Head with a small 
impression in front on each side. Thorax transyerse, with the sides slightly rounded, 
posterior angles right angles. Scutellum more finely punctate than the elytra, which 
are twice as long as the thorax. Abdomen scarcely visibly punctate, 
Allied to C. ochraceus of Erichson, from which it is distinguishable by its pale colour 
and by the posterior angles of the thorax being pointed. 
From Tahiti. In M. Deyrolle's collection. 
87. CARPOPHILUS MARGINATUS. 
Erichs. in Germ. Zeitschr. iv. 262 (1843). 
C. minutus, Melsh. Proc. Acad. Sc. Philad. ii, 105 (1846). 
Parvus, breviusculus, subdepressus, subtiliter punctatus, saturate testaceus; thorace 
antrorsum angustato elytrisque fortius marginatis, his apice nigro limbatis. Long. 
1 lin., lat. ‡ lin. 
Habitat in Carolina et partibus meridionalibus Americae borealis. 
