302 Mr. A. Murray^s Monograph of the genus Catops. 



XXVII. — Monograph of the genus Catops. 

 By Andrew Murray, Edinburgh. 



[Continued from p. 156.] 



Exotic Species. 



18. C. celer, Lucas. 

 Catops celer, Lucas, Explor. de I'Algerie, Anim. Art. ii. p. 225. 



Oblongo-ovatus, fulvo-pubescens ; capite subtilissime granario ; 

 antennis ferrugineis, ultimis articulis fuscis ; thorace granario, 

 angulis posticis acuminatis ; elytris granariis ; corpore infra 

 granario ; pedibus ferrugineis I'emoribusque nigricantibus. 



Long. 11 lin., lat. | lin. 



Very closely allied to the C. nigrita; black, covered with a 

 yellow, silky, very dense pubescence. The head is very finely 

 shagreened and scarcely pubescent. The labial as well as the 

 maxillary palpi are of a clear ferruginous colour. The antennse 

 are ferruginous, with the four last joints of a deep brown. The 

 thorax is very finely shagreened, much more pubescent than the 

 head ; it is very slightly convex, rounded on the sides, with the 

 posterior angles projecting and pretty strongly acuminate. The 

 scutellum is very finely granulated and scarcely pubescent. The 

 elytra are a little more strongly granulated than the head and 

 thorax, and are very pubescent. All the body below is granulated, 

 scarcely pubescent, and of the same colour as above. The legs 

 are ferruginous, very lightly pubescent, with the thighs blackish. 



Found by M. Lucas in Algeria under stones in the month 

 of June. He mentions Oran and the Bondjarea as localities 

 where he took it, and he observes that it is very agile. 



The above description is reproduced from that of M. Lucas. 

 I have seen specimens in his possession, but not having had 

 an opportunity of comparing them with the specimens in my 

 own cabinet, I am not able to pronounce positively upon them. 

 The same remark applies to the other two species from Algeria 

 described by him (marginicollis and rufipennis) . 



19. C. fuscipeSj Menetr. 



Catops fuscipes, Menetries, Mem. Acad. Imp. Sciences St. Petersb. 6 ser. vi. 

 (1849) p. 63. 



" Oblongo-ovatus, convexus, posterius valde angustatus pallide 

 rufo-ferrugineus ; capite, thoracis dorso, pectore abdomineque 

 nigro-fuscis ; antennis tenuibus longitudine dimidii corporis ; 



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