308 Mr. A. Murray's Monograph of tJie genus Catops. 



the species with sk^idcr antcunre to those with tlie heaviest and 

 thickest-clubbed antennrc. The affinity to these leads us now to 

 reverse this order, and to commence this subdivision with those 

 having similar thick antcnn;c. 



A. Antenme heavily clubbed and middle tarsi widened in the 

 males. 



26. C.fumatus, Erichs. 



Cholera }]'atso)ii, Speucc, Linn. Trans, xi. 156. 



Catops af/ilis. Fab. Syst. Eleutli. ii. 505. G; Gyll. Ins. Suec. i. 277. 2; 



Panz. Faun. Germ. i'5. 10 ; Dnft. Fn. Aust. iii. 75. -i- 

 Catops fiimatus, Erichs. Kiif. d. M. Br. i. 240. 12; Sturm, Deut. Fn. xiv. 



31". 15. t. 176. f. c. C; Ileer, Fn. Ilelv. i. 382. 15; Retlt. Fn. An.st. 



144. 7; Kraatz, Stett. Eut. Zeit. xiii. 4'.iG. 22; Fairm. & Laboulb. Fn. 



Ent. Fr. i. 303. 14. 



Oblongo-ovalis, fusco-piceus ; antennis brevibus, cla- Fig- 29. 

 ratis, basi apiceque ferrugineis ; thorace brevi, 

 basi latiore, anguUs posticis rectis ; elytris pcdi- 

 busquc testaceis. 



Long. 1^ lin. 



One of the smaller species. Oblong oval. Deep 

 brown. Antenna short and thick, a little longer 

 than the thorax, brown ; last joint broader than 

 long, both it and the three first joints ferruginous. 

 Head black, densely punctate. Thorax with reddish transparent 

 margins, slightly arched ; densely and finely punctate, almost 

 twice as broad as long, as broad at the base as the elytra, or 

 very nearly so, narrowed in front ; posterior angles right-angled, 

 pointed ; posterior margin almost straight. Elytra oval, acu- 

 minate, densely punctate, without traces of strife, except the 

 sutural ; reddish-brown, often brownish at the extremity. Under 

 side blackish-brown. Legs ferruginous. 



Distinguished from the other European species of this sub- 

 division, except aljjinus and scitulus, by its short, thick, heavily- 

 clubbed antennaj. 



The alpinus is clearer in colour, is longer, and has the thorax 

 usually narrower than the elytra. Scitulus differs from fumatus 

 in having the antennae longer, the elytra broader, the posterior 

 angles of the thorax projecting, and the colour somewhat dif- 

 ferent, the elytra being brown, without the reddish tint which 

 is characteristic o{ fumatus, pai-ticularly at the base of the elytra, 

 and having a marked sericeous lustre. 



One of the commonest species. It is found in Scotland and 

 Enjrland, and all over Europe, under detritus, in decaying fungi 

 and under leaves. 



