50 MAND1BULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



margined; the sixth and seventh joints of theantennse have a slight 

 process towards their apex externally. 



Sp. 1. truncatella. Fusco-testacea, subpubescens, pedihus testaceis. (Long. 



corp. | lin.) 

 Si. truncatella. Marsham.—Vr. truncatella. Steph. Catal. 81. No. 867. 



Oblong-ovate, pale fusco-testaceous, slightly pubescent, with the margins of the 

 thorax and of the elytra paler ; the latter with a single stria near the suture, 

 which is fuscescent : legs and antenna? pale testaceous, the latter with the 

 capitulum somewhat dusky : eyes black. 



I possess a single specimen only of this insect from the Mar- 

 shamian collection ; a second found by myself near London ; and 

 in the collection of Mr. Kirby, I believe, there is a pair; which are 

 the only individuals I have as yet observed : it inhabits flowers. 



Genus CXXXV. — Carpophilus, Leach. 



Antennae with the basal joint large, subcylindric ; the second less robust, shorter ; 

 the third obconic, shorter than the second ; the fourth to the eighth very short, 

 transverse, indistinctly articulated; the eighth to the eleventh forming a large 

 elongate-ovate club: head angulated : thorax somewhat rectangular, slightly 

 margined on the sides and at the base : body glabrous, oblong-ovate : elytra 

 nearly flat, about half the length of the abdomen, obliquely truncate : abdomen 

 rather stout, obtuse and punctate at the apex : legs short, stout : tibiae dilated ; 

 spinulose exteriorly, and at the apex. 



Whether this genus be truly indigenous is very doubtful ; Lin- 

 naeus gives the first species as a native of Surinam, but Gyllenhal 

 says of it, " habitat in frutetis et floribus apud nos rarius :"" — it cer- 

 tainly is frequently taken at large in England, but more frequently 

 occurs in brown sugar. De Jean obtained his specimens from Spain, 

 and Fabricius says, " habitat in Gallia meridionali." 



From the preceding genera of this family, the very short, ob- 

 liquely truncate elytra, exclusively of the different structure of the 

 antennas, the third joint of which is not larger than the second, at 

 once remove this genus. 



Sp. 1. hemipterus. Oblongo-ovatus, supra nigro-fuscus, pubescens, elytris macula 



humerali apiccque late Jlavis, pedibus ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 lin.) 

 De. hemipterus. Linne? — Ca. flexuosus. Steph. Catal. 81. No. 868. - 



