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



result of my examination in reference to the names used by 

 Count Dejean and published in his Catalogue. The specimens 

 are for the most part in good order and preservation. A few, 

 however, were in a less satisfactory state, and of course I give 

 my opinion of these with doubt. As might be expected in such 

 a difficult genus, there were sometimes more than one species 

 placed under the same name, so that it is a matter of opinion 

 which was the typical species he intended to designate. 



The names in the collec^tion correspond with those published 

 in the 3rd edition of his Catalogue, 1837. His 



Catops rufescens=C, angustatus, Erichs. 



oblongus= cisteloides, Froehl. {castaneus, Sturm). 



ovatuSf J)e'y=agilis, Erichs. 



major, Dej. =picipes Erichs. 



Americanus was in too bad a state to determine. 



morio = nigritaj Erichs. 



Under this name were found specimens of nigrita, fuscus, 



and umbrinus, but the preponderance in point of number 



was decidedly in favour of nigrita. 



Catops tibialis, De].=: cor acinus?, Kelln. 



This species and a portion of those standing under the 

 next name, fuscus, but which were the same, were marked 

 as coming from Portugal. I thought they came nearer to 

 coracinus than any other, but am not satisfied that they 

 were not perhaps an undescribed species. 



Catops fuscus = tristis, Erichs. 



I have no doubt that Dejean meant tristis to be the type 

 of his fuscus. He had a number of tristis, and one of 

 grandicollis under it, and none of these under any other 

 name. At the same time he had among them several of 

 the above Portuguese species, and some of alpinus, Gyll., as 

 well as Spencianus, Kirby [cadaverinus, Mann.). 



Catops chrysomeloides=chrysomeloides, Sp. 



australis=-australis, Erichs. 



agilis=fumatus, Erichs. 



Some of C. alpinus, Gyll., were mixed With, fumatus under 

 this name, but the great majority were the latter. 



Catops truncaius=sericeus, Erichs. 



A single fumatus and a single velox have found their way 

 into the mass of sericeus, but this is obviously by inad- 

 vertence. 



Catops transverso-striatus = a new species described by me under 

 this name in the foregoing pages. 



