MK'^. Murray^s Monograph of the genus Catops. 133 



fliiw iio'iiBmmrmmm pJ? oj 98oh BhmB3^ 9ffJ ohu naqo Bialii^ofl 

 . XV. — Monograph of the genus Catops. -BDBoIa mii 

 -fj38 9ffi \q fc-By Aj^dhkw Murray, Edinburgh, Mgim il 

 ^ai^30X9 ^gi jBfli ; eo x?.> axili oi gnoiod oboa 



^ bafloiifiara larrnBrn [tJoutinued from p. 24,] sdit -^d aLxjfu aaodJ 



A^<•^u .-^oupn. {Subgenus Catops (frueJO ,^,^^j^-^^ ^,^.,^ 



Mesostemum not keeled; body oblong; antennm mare inr Us^ 



club-shaped or thickened towards the apex, eighth joint decidedly 



smaller than seventh and ninths. ^TM^Qsimor trochanters not 



more developed in the male^ j^g ynam mr 8B ^ ii Aih/ noizannoo iii 



1st Subdivision. Base of thorax decidedly narrowed or cut hi , 



so that the thorax and elytra do not foi-m a continuous outline. 



Middle tarsi widened in the moMi^^ "^^'^ ^^^^' ''f^^' ''^ ^^^<^^^"^ 

 ii' , * ft:)Yf? nwo viH 'labnif ijjooo fl9S8 



^ft<^?os«k m tlsfeJi e^ie^s-^iiacicularis, Kraatz: oboo'iiia oiit }o bUia 

 ^fe^'«(^te'K^r^z/gt^t. Ent. Zeit. xiii. 40fe:l '[ ^"^^^"^^ /|^"^^ 



Oblongus, feiTugineus ; antennis subfiliformibus ; thdrace ti'ifis- 

 verso, postice latiore, angulis posticis obtusiusculis ; etytr^p^ 

 substriads t^nm-m^^WfFil^d^ iadJt>dw :li^o 3ldiiJ3^ 3iU 

 Long. If hn, ,.,,,„- ;, ■.Wrv.ho^ oUhmr rrrB I iorr to mot^vs 

 Of the slender form of the species in the foregoing group, but 

 proportionally not so elongate ; ferruginous brown ; easily distin- 

 guished from the remaining species of this group by its trans- 

 versely strigose elytra. The antennae are slender, reddish brown, 

 not quite so long as the elytra; first joint somewhat shorter 

 than the second ; second equal to the third ; third equal to the 

 fifth ; fourth somewhat longer and stouter than the sixth ; eighth 

 only one-third of the length of the seventh, and somewhat nar- 

 rower than those on each side of it ; ninth somewhat shorter than 

 the seventh, almost somewhat stouter, and equal to the tenth ; 

 eleventh of the stoutness of the preceding, about half as long, 

 from the middle forward cone-shaped acuminate. The head is 

 densely and finely punctate, pitchy-black. The thorax is nearly 

 of the breadth of the elytra, wholly light, twice as broad as long, 

 sHghtly arched, the sides wholly rounded, somewhat more strongly 

 behind than in front, so that the greatest breadth is behind the 

 middle ; the anterior angles are somewhat bent down, strongly 

 rounded, the posterior angles are obtuse-angled. The basal 

 margin is extremely lightly sinuated on both sides towards the 

 scutellum ; the upper side of the thorax is moderately densely and 

 finely shagreen-punctured. The elytra are uniform oblong, 

 gradually narrowed towards the apex, each being rounded ; they 

 have feeble traces of longitudinal stride, and besides are trans- 

 versely strigose almost parallel with the base of the thorax. The 

 legs are ferruginous brown and slender. 



