22 Mr. A. Murray's Monograph of the genus Catops. 



the thorax in length. The scutellum is triangular, punctate, 

 brown. The elytra are moderately arched, chestnut-brown, and 

 a little darker towards the apex; immediately behind the shoulders 

 and a little further back somewhat bellied out, but not so that 

 the greatest breadth lies before the middle. The striae are mode- 

 rately shallow, but very distinct, and their punctuation is pro- 

 portionately strong and somewhat wrinkled. The pubescence on 

 the elytra is long, and not so close or adpressed as in the allied spe- 

 cies. The legs are ferruginous brown. 



Kraatz records the male as having chisel -formed posterior tro- 

 chanters, but in strongly developed specimens there might easily 

 occur gouge-formed trochanters. Sturm only knew the female. 

 I have also only seen the female. 



This species is to be distinguished from the preceding by its 

 more robust form, deeper punctuation, more bellied elytra, and 

 by the longer pubescence on the elytra. For a considerable time 

 I was disposed to look upon it as merely another variety of 

 C. angustatus, F., but I am now satisfied that it may justly take 

 its place as a distinct species. The stronger punctuation taken 

 by itself might only indicate a variety, but the bellied form of the 

 elytra and the difference in the pubescence are more essential 

 characters ; the latter is particularly well seen on the edges of 

 the elytra. 



It was first recorded by Sturm as having been found in 

 Austria and Hungary. Chaudoir found it at Kiew. Kraatz 

 records it as having been taken at Halle, Bautzen, Erlangen, 

 Darmstadt, &c. It has been taken by M. Chevrolat in France, 

 and I have one specimen taken in Scotland. Kraatz says, it is 

 generally found under leaves. 



3. C. humeralis, Brulle. 

 Choleva humeralis, Br. Exped. Sc. de Moree, iii. p. 162. no. 255. 



" Nigricans, punctatus, rufo-villosus ; ore, antennis, elytrorum 

 macula humerali, abdominis segmentorum marginibus pedi- 

 busque ferrugineis; antennis apice fuscis; elytris profunde 

 punctato-striatis. 



" Long. 2i lin., lat. 1^. 



" Head black, finely punctate, with the whole of the mouth 

 and the half of the antennae ferruginous; the latter sHghtly 

 pubescent, their five last articles brown. Thorax a little less 

 long than broad, rounded on the sides, raised at the posterior 

 angles, truncate behind, finely punctate, of a blackish brown, 

 lighter on the lateral margins, and covered with a short reddish 

 pubescence. Scutellum triangular, blackish and pubescent like 



