jMr. A. Miuray's Motiograph of the genus Catoj)s. 133 



XV. — Monograph of the geniLS Catops. 

 By Andrew Murray^ Edinburgh. 



[Continued from p. 24.] 



Group II. (Subgenus Catops (true).) 



Mendstcrnum not keeled ; body oblong ; antenva more or less 

 club-shaped or thickened towards the apex, eighth joint decidedlij 

 smaller than seventh and ninth. The posterior trochanters not 

 more developed in the males. 



1st Subdivision. Base of thorax decidedly narrowed or cut in, 

 so that the thorax and elytra do not form a continuous outline. 

 Middle tarsi widened in the males. 



6. C. acicularis, Kraatz. 

 Catops acicularis, Kraatz, Stctt. Eut. Zeit. xiii. 406. 6. 



Obloiigus, ferrugineus ; antcnviis subtilif'oruiibus ; thorace trans- 

 verso, posticc latiore, angulis posticis obtusiusculis; elytris 

 substriatis transversim sti'igosis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



Of the slender form of the species in the foregoing grouj), Ijut 

 pro])ortionally not so elongate ; ferruginous brown ; easily distin- 

 guished from the remaining species of this group by its trans- 

 versely strigose elytra. The antennae are slender, reddish brown, 

 not quite so long as the elytra ; first joint somewhat shorter 

 than the second ; second equal to the third ; third equal to the 

 fifth ; fourth somewdiat longer and stouter than the sixth ; eighth 

 only one-third of the length of the seventh, and son)ewhat nar- 

 rower than those on each side of it ; ninth somewhat shorter than 

 the seventh, almost somewhat stouter, and equal to the tenth; 

 eleventh of the stoutness of the preceding, about half as long, 

 from the n)iddle forward cone-shaped acuminate. The head is 

 densely and finely punctate, pitchy-black. The thorax is nearly 

 of the breadth of the elytra, wholly light, twice as broad as long, 

 slightly arched,the sides wholly rounded, somewhat more strongly 

 behind than in front, so that the greatest breadth is behind the 

 middle; the anterior angles are somewhat bent down, strongly 

 rounded, the posterior angles are obtuse-angled. The basal 

 margin is extremely lightly sinuated on both sides towards the 

 scutellum ; the upper side of the thorax is moderately densely and 

 finely shagreen-punctured. The elytra are uniform oblong, 

 gradually narrowed towards the apex, each being rounded ; they 

 have feeble traces of longitudinal stri.x, and besides are trans- 

 versely strigose almost parJxUel with the base of the thorax. The 

 legs arc ferruginous brown and slender. 



