136 Mr. A, Murray's yiunoyraph of the genus Catops. 



This species at Hrst sitrht looks very like an overgrown /7/5Ctw, 

 Panz., but eloser examination shows that it is a good speeics, — 

 the proportions of the joints of the antennrc as w ell as t)ther par- 

 ticulars being wholly different. In a speeimen whieh 1 owe to 

 the kindness of M. Kraatz, 1 observe that the development of 

 the ])osterior angles of the thorax is considerably exaggerated in 

 the outline I have given, which is copied from Aubc's own figure. 

 Aube also states it is larger than picipes, Fab., which had 

 hitherto been considered the largest known Catops; but my spe- 

 eimen is scarcely so large as the smaller individuals of picipes, 

 from which 1 should infer that it ought perhaps rather to be 

 stated as being about the same size as picipes. its entirely fer- 

 ruginous colour and the ])roiecting posterior angles of the thorax 

 furnish a tolerably good primd-facie guide to the species. 



It is found in Sicily, and is as yet scarce in collections. 



9. C. picipes, Fab. 



IJydropltilus picipes. Fab. Syst. El. i. 251. 10. 

 PtomaphofjHs picipes, lUig. Kaf. Pr. 8''.'i. 

 Catops striatus, Dutt. Fn. Aust. iii. "JA. 3. 



dliipsoiiles. Germ. Ins. Sp. Nov. 84. 142? 



picipes, Ericlis. Kaf. d. M. 15r. i. 2.'^fi. 5; Sturm, Deutschl. Faun. .\iv. 



17. 7- t. 274. f. c. C ; Heer, Fn. Ilelv. i. 378. 5 ; Rcdt. Fn. Aust. 144. 



10; Kraatz. Stett. Ent. Zeit. xiii. 428. i) ; Fairm. & Laboulb. Fn. Ent. 



Franv. i. 300. 4. 



Ovatus, convexus, niger ; antennis subfiliformibus 



])edibusque piceis, apice testaceis; thorace ^^' *" 



transverse, basi sublatiore, angulis postieis 

 obtusis ; elytris apice profunde striatis. 



Loner. 2\ lin. 



This is the largest species of the genus, with 

 the exception of the last. Oval, convex, black. 

 Antemia; scarcely thickened at the end, reddish 

 brown at the base, blackish at the extremity, 

 exeej)ting the last joint, which is light yellow. 

 Head very densely and finely jmnctate, mouth reddish. The 

 thorax' is likewise very densely and finely punctate, with a fine 

 silky pubescence, black, strongly rounded on the sides, narrowed 

 both in front and behind, but most in front, posterior angles obtuse, 

 j)ostenor margin very slightly sinuated on each side, the greatest 

 lireadth behind t/ie middie. Elytra oval, very convex, black, with 

 a .slight grey hoar-frost bloom upon them, very den.sely punc- 

 tate, with stria) faint in front, deeper behind. Under side Idaek, 

 abdomen and legs brown, tibiae ferruginous brown, tarsi pale 

 ferruginous. 



The only species wjth which there is any risk of this being 



