Mr. A. Murray's Monograph of the genus Catops. 303 



thorace antrorsum angustato, lateribus deflexo, angulis posticis 

 productis acutis ; elytris stria tantum suturali exarata*/' 

 Long. If lin., lat. | lin. • 



Menetries says that this species somewhat resembles his 

 C, lateritius (already described (No. 5) in the first group), but 

 that it is much more convex and narrower behind, with the pos- 

 terior angles of the thorax pointed and prolonged backwards ; he 

 adds that moreover it has no perceptible striae on the elytra, ex- 

 cept one along the suture, but that it is particularly the colour 

 which distinguishes it at the first glance. 



I have not seen this species, but the above description, parti- 

 cularly the portion which I have printed in italics, would seem 

 to indicate an affinity to C. nigricans, and the pale colour has 

 probably arisen from immaturity. I have therefore, in the absence 

 of any more precise information, placed it in this group. 



Menetries does not mention its locality, but as it comes im- 

 mediately after C. lateritiits, and he institutes comparisons be- 

 tween them, it is probable that they were found not far from 

 each other. In that case the locality of this species would be 

 Novaia Alexandrovskaia. 



20. C. vestitus, mihi. 



Obion go- ovatus, fuscus, dense griseo-pubescens ; Yig. 23. 

 antennis clavatis, nigris, basi ferrugineis ; thorace 

 transverso, granulato, angulis posticis obtusis ; 

 elytris stria suturali. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Oblong-oval, blackish -brown ; mouth and legs 

 ferruginous ; clothed with a thick, coarse, griseous 

 pubescence, of a more lively fulvous colour on the 

 thorax. The antennge are clavate, black, except at 

 the base, which is ferruginous ; they are not so slender at the 

 base as is usually the case, making the club look less thickened 

 than it is in reality. The first joint is large, the second shorter 

 and narrower ; the rest are nearly all of equal length, with the 

 exception of the seventh and ninth, which are a little longer, 

 and the eighth, which is shorter. They gradually increase in 

 thickness up to the seventh, which is the broadest and largest 

 of them all ; the eighth joint is smaller and thinner than the 

 seventh and ninth, but not very minute ; the terminal joint is 

 suddenly acuminate at the tip, looking as if truncate at the end, 

 with a short spike projecting from the centre. The thorax is 

 transverse, broadest a little behind the middle. The posterior 



* Menetries in loc. cit. 



