13 1 Mr. A. MuiTay's Monograph of the genm Catops. 



I havf not seen this species in nature, and have merely copied 

 M. Kraatz's description. It appears to be readily recognized 

 among its neighbours by its transversely strigose elytra. It is 

 found in Sicily, and appears to be rare, M. Kraatz having only 

 seen three specimens. 



7. C. fuscus, I'anz. 



Helojjs f'ltscus, Piuiz. l'"n. Gcrin. 18. 1. 



Luperus fuscus, Friilil. Naturf. '2S. 2-1. 2. t. 1. f. Hi. 



Cdfops sericeas, Pavk. Fn. Succ. i. 342. 1. 



Catops rufescens, Fah. Svst. F-1. ii. bQi. 1. 



Cholt'ca sfiicea, Speiice, Liiiii. Trans, xi. 145. 6. 



Catops festinaiis, Gyll. Ins. Succ. iv. .'314. 1-2. 



Calops fiiscus, Ericiis. Kiif. d. M. I?r. i. 2iJ5. 'A ; Sturm, Dcutsdil. Fn. xiv. 



13. 5. t. 274. f. a. A ; Ilecr, Fn. IIclv. i. ;^79. 4 ; Ucdt. Fn. .\ustr. I(i4. 



1 1 ; Kraatz, Stett. Ent. Zcit. \iii. 407. S ; Fairm. & Lahoulb. Fu. Ent. 



Fr. i. 101. 7. 



Brevitcr ovatus, /mscm*; antennis subtiliformibus ; thoracc trans- 

 verse, postice iatiure, angulis posticis rcctis; clytris rufo-brun- 

 neis, substriatis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



Dark brown, short oval. Antenna- ferruginous brown, very 

 feebly thickened towards the extremity, not quite so long as the 

 head and thora.x ; tirst joint longer than the succeeding joints ; 

 second very little shorter than third ; third and fourth very 

 nearly equal ; fifth and sixth equal, both a little shorter than 

 fourth ; seventh not much if at all longer than sixth, but a good 

 deal broader; eighth shorter than those on each side of it, but not 

 greatly narrower ; ninth and tenth about same size, and eleventh 

 acuminate and nearly twice as long as the tenth. Head and 

 thorax black, very densely jjunctate, with a yellowish grizzly 

 adpresscd pubescence ; mouth reddish ; edges of thorax ferrugi- 

 nous brown. Thorax rounded on the sides, broadest behind the 

 middle, at the base almost twice as broad as long, y\„ (j_ 

 very slightly rounded in at the postei-ior angles, which 

 are right-angled and have a slight tendency to pro- 

 ject behind. Elytra reddish brown, covered with a 

 bluish-grey bloom ; a little widened in the middle, 

 (ipcx almost acuminate ; densely punctate, and with 

 stria? visible towards the apex, scarcely perceptible in front. 

 Legs reddish brown. 



This species is easily distinguished from the rest of the sec- 

 tion by the breadth of its thorax behind, which gives its outline 

 at tirst sight, and before the junction of the thorax and elytra is 

 examined, \ery much the appearance of being a continuous oval 

 .^^lightly interrupted at the base of the elytra. 



It is widely distributed, being found both in England and Scot- 



