Mr. A. Murray^s Monograph of the genus Catops. 459 



59. C. Lecontei, mihi. 



Catops strigosus, Lee. Syn. Silph. N. Araeriea, Proc. Acad. Philad. vol. vi. 

 1853, p. 281. 



*' Oblongo-ovalis, subelongatus, piceo-rufus,, sericeus, Fig. 62. 

 distinctius strigosus ; thorace latitudine sesqui brevi- 

 ore, antrorsum modice angustato, angulis posticis vix 

 productis, subacutis ; elytris stria suturali profunda ; 

 antennis magis incrassatis, piceis, basi testaceis. 



" Long. 1 lin. 



" One female, South Carolina, Dr. Zimmerman. This species 

 resembles the preceding, but the thorax is less narrowed in front 

 and less rounded on the sides ; the transverse lines on the thorax 

 and elytra are more distinct ; the punctures are very indistinct ; 

 the first four or five joints of the antennae are testaceous, the rest 

 are piceous; the apex is indistinctly paler*.^^ 



The " Synopsis of the Silphales of America north of Mexico,'* 

 in which this species was described by Dr. Leconte under the 

 name of strigosus, was published in February 1853, while 

 M. Kraatz's description of the European species so named by 

 him was published in the ' Stettin Ent. Zeitung' in 1852. By 

 the rule of priority therefore, the name strigosus must be retained 

 for Kraatz's species, and another name given to this. It appears 

 to me that it is an appropriate homage to name it after the 

 eminent naturalist who first described it. 



r.rpf .7 r.r.frrr<T f.. 60. C oM^ Leconte. ' J .^.iS'?*- ^^7 ^^r^^ ^c^cl^O 

 Catops ohlituSy Lee. Syn. Silph. N. Amer. Proc. Acad. Philad. vi. 1853, 282. 



" Subellipticus minus convexus, rufo-fuscus, pubescens ; Fig. 53. 

 thorace punctulato antrorsum subangustato basi trun- 

 cato, angulis posticis fere obtusis ; elytris transversim 

 minus dense strigosis, stria suturali distincta ; antennis 

 flavis, art. 4-10 fuscis. 



"Long, li lin. 



" Three specimens, Georgia. Easily distinguished by its sub- 

 elliptical and less convex form. I cannot discover any punc- 

 tures on the elytra ; if they exist they are concealed by the dense 

 pubescence, which is however scarcely sericeous. The male has 

 three joints of the anterior tarsi dilated; the middle tarsi are 

 simple in both sexes t-^' 



The mesosternal keel is less elevated in this and the next than 

 in the other species. '^i.M^it'voV^B:^ .0 



* Leconte in loc. cit. " 9iiH;»:»9vJ ^ Leconte in loc. cit. 



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