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



39. C. rufipennis, Lucas. 



Catops rufipennis, Luc. Expl. d*Algerie, Anim. Art. ii. p. 224. pi. 21. fig. 3. 



" Capite nigro, granario ; thorace subtilissime granario. Fig- 40. 



nigro, ad latera posticeque rufescente margiriato ; 



elytris granariis rufis, ad suturam utrinque uni- 



striatis ; corpore infra nigro ; pedibus rufis tibiis- 



que fusco-maculatis. 

 " Long. 2| lin., lat. 1 lin. 



"This is smaller than C. celer, from the same 

 country (Algeria), and cannot be confounded with it, 

 on account of the colour of its elytra, which are entirely ferru- 

 ginous. The head is black, granulated. The maxillary palpi, 

 as well as the labial palpi, are reddish. The antennse are ferru- 

 ginous, with the last joints a little brownish. The thorax 

 slightly pubescent, very finely granulated, and tolerably convex ; 

 black, margined with ferruginous on the sides and behind ; 

 the sides are rounded, as are also the angles on each side of the 

 base. The scutellum is black, pubescent, and very finely granu- 

 lated. The elytra very pubescent, ferruginous ; they are finely 

 granulated, striated, and a sutural stria appears pretty deeply 

 impressed on each side of the suture. The whole body below is 

 black. The legs are of the same colour as the elytra, with the 

 thighs marked with brown, and the tibise finely denticulated *.'' 



Met with by M. Lucas on a single occasion, under stones, in 

 the month of January, in the ravines of Djebel Santon, in the 

 neighbourhood of Oran. 



40. C.fungicola, Kolen. 



Catops fungicola, Kolenati, Meleteinata Ent. fasc. v. 51. 



" Castaneus, nitidus, pubescens, punctulatus ; capita brunneo, 



antennis pedibusque testaceis. 

 " Long. 0-0025, lat. 0-00133. 



" Head blackish-brown, shining, scarcely punctulated ; tho- 

 rax testaceous or chestnut, pubescent, very finely punctulate; 

 elytra convex, chestnut, shining, narrowed behind, rounded, 

 punctulate. Scutellum brown, punctulate. 



" Lives in fungi in the woods of Mount Ssarijal, in the pro- 

 vince of Elisabethopolisf/' 



This species is unknown to me, and I place it in this group 

 merely from the colour, none of the characters on which I 



* Lucas in loc. cit. f Kolenati in loc. cit. 



