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



27. C. alpinus, Gyll. 



Catops alpinus, Gyll. Ins, iv. 3121. 2 ; Heer, Fn. Helv. i. 318. 11 ; Kraatz, 



Stett. Ent. Zeit. xiii. 435. 21. 

 Catops subfuscus, Kellner, Stett. Ent. Zeit. viii. 177. 4; Redt. Fn. Aust. 771 . 



Oblongo-ovalis^fusco-piceus; antennis abrupte clavatis, Fig. 30.* 

 basi ferrugineis ; thorace brevi, angulis posticis ob- 

 tusiusculis ; elytris pedibusque rufo-brunneis. 



Long. 1^-lf lin. 



Very like C.fumatus, but usually somewhat larger, 

 with a narrower thorax, the posterior angles of which 

 are obtuse, and the basal margin not so broad as 

 the elytra. The antennse are as long as the head 

 and thorax, with the basal joints reddish and thick ; 

 club blackish; the last joint is usually black, but sometimes 

 yellowish at the tip. The head is black, densely and finely 

 punctate, with a yellowish pubescence. The thorax is blackish- 

 brown, densely punctate, densely clothed with yellow hairs, at 

 the basal margin not so broad as the elytra, cut straight, and 

 slightly sinuate on both sides of the scutellum, the anterior 

 angles obtuse and the posterior angles slightly rounded. The 

 elytra are oval, densely punctate, lightly clothed with yellow 

 pubescence, clear reddish-brown, generally blackish at the tip 

 and towards the suture. The legs are brownish-red. 



The normal specimens are readily distinguished from fumatus 

 by their larger size and more elongate form, and by the thorax 

 being narrower than the elytra ; but these characters are some- 

 times wanting, and in form the smaller specimens do not differ 

 from C. fumatus ; the clearer colour, the particularly strong dark 

 club of the antennse with its eighth joint proportionately smaller, 

 then serve to distinguish it ; but on the whole I am very doubtful 

 of its being more than a variety of fumatus, and it is with hesi- 

 tation I have placed it as a distinct species. 



Generally distributed over the north of Europe ; but I have 

 not yet seen British specimens, 



28. C, brevicoUis, Kraatz. 



Catops brevicoUis, Kraatz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xiii. 436. 23. 



^' Ovatus, fusco-piceus ; antennis ferrugineis obsoletissime clavatis, 

 articulo ultimo duobus prcecedentibus longitudine csquali^ acumi- 

 nato ) thorace fusco, transverso, basi latiore, angulis posticis 

 rotundatis ; elytris substriatis pedibusque rufo-testaceis. 



" Long, li lin.^' 



I have not seen this species. The following is M. Kraatz's 

 description : — 



* The comparative breadth of the elytra is rather exaggerated in this 

 figure. 



