Mr. A. Murray's Monograph of the genus Catops. 7 



Ptomaphagus Spencei=rotundicollis, Kellner, 



fulvicollis = velox, Spence. 



V Marshami=^chrysomeloides, Spence. 



dissimulator, represented by three specimens oi grandi- 



collis and one of nigrita, 



Choleva angustata = angustata, auct. 



gomphoita=^ ditto. 



agilis, represented by three specimens of agilis and two 



of angustata. 



The other species, or names of species, given in his Manual 

 are not represented in his collection. 



I have not had an opportunity of seeing typical specimens of 

 Mr. Newman's three species, /ra/er, soror, and nubifer ) bat my 

 friend the E-ev. Wm. Little has in his collection specimens which 

 had been named by Stephens as being the two latter, and if we 

 may take that as an indication, we find that soror = nigricans and 

 nubifer=^velox. 



Erichson's ' Kafer der Mark Brandenburg' followed in 1837. 

 His division differs from that of Spence. It is as follows, viz. : — 



Characters oi the iirst division: — ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ >v. m, 



*' Mesosternum simple {without keel) ; body oblong ; antennae and 

 legs long and thin, the former scarcely thickened at the point ; 

 legs slender ; tarsi of fore-feet dilated in the males, tarsi of 

 middle feet simple in both sexes,*' iv.\~4\v 



This division corresponds to Spence's first section (Stephens's 

 Choleva) ; and Erichson only records two species found in Mark 

 Brandenburg as belonging to it, viz. angustatus and agilis. 



The characters of his second division are — 



" Mesosternum simple ; tarsi slender j and anterior tarsi and first 

 joint of middle tarsi dilated in the males." 



These characters place the following species in this section, 

 viz. C. fuscus, umbrinus, picipes, nigricans, grandicollis, tristis, 

 nigrita, fuliginosus, morio, fumatus, and scitulus, of which gran- 

 dicollis, fuliginosus, and scitulus are given as new. Fuliginosus 

 is said by Kraatz to be a variety of nigricans (though, from the 

 description alone, I should not have supposed this), and scitulus, 

 as already mentioned, had been described by Spence under the 

 name of fumatus. Erichson does not record chrysomeloides as 

 found in Mark Brandenburg, but from the differences which he 

 points out between it and tristis, I am not sure but some con- 

 fusion exists even in Erichson relating to tristis. 



His next division is characterized thus : — 



" Mesosternum simjile ; body oval ; antennce somewnai tmckened at 



