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



in front, extremely finely punctate, Antennre as long as the 

 head and thorax, slender, very feebly thickened towards the 

 extremity, ferruginous, the last joint not more slender than the 

 preceding, excised at the extremity. Thorax densely and finely 

 ])unctate, as broad behind as the elytra, one halt' broader than 

 long, rounded on the sides, narrowed in front ; posterior angles 

 right-angled, pointed a little inwards ; ])osterior margin lightly 

 but visibly sinuate on each side ; ferruginous, with the disk 

 darker, and the margins semi-transparent. Elytra scarcely 

 widened in the middle, obtusely rounded at the extremity, with 

 very indistinct stria? ; surface densely punctate, finely wrinkled 

 across. Anterior legs slightly widened at the extremity ; middle 

 tarsi not widened in the males. 



Distinguished from C. scitulus, to which it has considerable 

 outward resemblance, by its more slender antennre, its paler 

 colour, the margins of the thorax lighter-coloured than the disk, 

 its transversely wrinkled elytra, and its middle tarsi not widened 

 in the males. 



Differs from C. umbrinus by its smaller size, its lighter colour, 

 the posterior angles of the thorax not produced behind, the 

 elytra transversely wrinkled, and the middle tarsi not widened 

 in the males. 



Found throughout Britain and over the Continent not un- 

 frequently. It has also been taken by Chaudoir at Kiew, and 

 by Wollaston at Madeira, where, however, it appears to be ex- 

 cessively rare. 



33. C. badius, Dahl., Sturm. 



Catops badius, Meg. Dahl. Col. ct Lepid. 30; Sturm, Deutschl. Fn. xiv. -40. 

 20. t. 27H. b. B ; Ileer, Faun. Helv.i. 383. 1!>; Redt. Fn. Aust. 145. 

 15; Kraatz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xiii. 437. 26. 



Ovatus, piceo-brunneus ; antennis longioribus, Fig. 35. 



obsolete clavatis, ferrugineis; tborace trans- 

 verso, basi latiore, margine postico recto,angulis 

 posticis rectis,prominulis ; elytris obsoletissime 

 striatis. 



Long. 1-lf lin. 



Perfectly egg-shaped, the shai'per end behind, 

 gently convex, clear pitchy-brown, the whole 

 upper side clothed with a fine, adprcssed, yellow- 

 ish-grey pubescence. The antennae are a little longer than the 

 head and thorax, ferruginous-yellow^, somewhat thickened to- 

 wards the point ; the seventh joint longish, the eighth shorter, 

 but as broad as the last, the terminal joint obtuse roundish. 

 The head is very finely punctate, the eyes black. The thorax 

 is finely and densely punctate, short, behind exactly as broad as 



