OE SPE EE S: = 
400 MR. A. MURRAY'S MONOGRAPH OF THE FAMILY OF NITIDULARLE. 
. Count de Motschulsky, who first described the two species on which I have founded this 
genus, referred them to Colastus; but they do not belong to it. That genus, which, so 
far as is yet known, is confined to the American continent, is one of the best-marked and 
most easily identified of any in this family, the peculiar lobes of the ligula and broad 
fimbri: on the pygidium at once distinguishing it. . The species of this genus have neither 
of these, but all the structural characters of Carpophilus, although the depressed form 
and broad head give them a different facies. 
CARPOPHILUS. 
Position and Affinities.—SrAvROoGLOssicvs. EIDOCOLASTUS. HAPTONCUS. 
COLASTUS. 
1. EIDOCOLASTUS PLAGIATIPENNIS. (Plate XXXIII. fig. 6.) 
Motsch. Etud. Ent. vii. 39 (1858). 
Ovatus, valde depressus, subtiliter punctatus, glaber, nitidus, plus minusve nigro-fuscus ; 
thoracis marginibus, elytrorum macula triangulari medio prope ad suturam, anten- 
narum basi, ore, corpore subtus pedibusque testaceis; antennarum clava nigra. 
Long. 1 lin., lat. 3 lin. 
Habitat in Taprobana. 
Ovate, very much depressed, finely punctulate, glabrous, shining, more or less nigro- 
fuscous. Head finely punctate, with a narrow transverse impression on each side at the 
base of the epistome و‎ antennz with the club black and base testaceous. Thorax trans- 
verse, finely punctate, trisinuate at the base, with the sides gently rounded, a little 
narrower in front than behind ; apex emarginate and bisinuate ; anterior angles declinate, 
nearly right angles; posterior angles nearly right angles, projecting a little backwards. 
Scutellum broad, pentangular, the lateral angles rounded; impunctate. Elytra equal in 
breadth to the thorax, subquadrate, somewhat attenuate behind, sides gently rounded 
and margined, apex of each elytron obliquely truncate, exterior apical angles rounded, 
sutural angles obtuse; sparsley and finely punctate, each elytron with a triangular pale 
spot in the middle near the suture, the base of the triangle placed obliquely between the 
suture and the shoulder. Abdomen slightly pubescent. 
From Ceylon. From Mr. Nietner and Count de Motschulsky. 
2. EIDOCOLASTUS DILUTUS. 
Motsch. Etud. Ent. vii. 39 (1858). 
C. plagiatipenni simillimus; parum major, thorace fortius punctato, elytris macula tes- 
tacea magis expansa et minus distincta, antennarum clava dilutiore. Long. 1 lin., 
lat. 4 lin. 
Habitat in India orientali. 
Exceedingly near to C. plagiatipennis. A little larger; the thorax more strongly punc- 
tate; elytra with the testaceous spots larger and less distinct; antennze with a paler club. 
From the East Indies. I am indebted for specimens of these species (which I have 
placed in the British Museum) to the kindness of Count de Motschulsky. 
