Mr. A. Murray^s Monograph of the genus Catops. 315 



the base of the elytra, strongly narrowed in front, the anterior 

 and posterior margins not sinuate, the sides lightly rounded, 

 the posterior angles right-angled, somewhat projecting over 

 the shoulders of the elytra. The scutellum large, triangular, 

 finely punctate. The elytra are oblong-oval, widest in the 

 middle, behind acuminate-oval, finely shagreened, with a deeply 

 impressed sutural stria, but without traces of other strise. The 

 under side of the body and the legs arc of the same colour as 

 the upper, only somewhat lighter. 



Distinguished from C velox by its decidedly more slender 

 form, by its colour always pitchy-brown and not reddish-brown, 

 and by the posterior angles of the thorax somewhat projecting 

 over the margins of the elytra. 



Differs from C. prcecox by its thorax not being wider than 

 the elytra, and from C brunnens by its larger size, and the 

 posterior angles of the thorax not being obtuse. 



This species seems rare. Sturm simply says it is found in 

 Austria. Kraatz says he has only seen two specimens, which 

 came from Vienna. I have not seen it. 



34. C. pracox, Erichs. 



Choleva Wilkinii, Spence, Linn. Trans, xi. 157. 



Catops preecox, Erichs. Kaf. d. M. Br. i. 242. 15; Sturm, Deutschl. Fn. xiv. 



37. 18. t. 277. f.c.C; Heer, Fn. Helv. i. 318. 18 ; Redt. Fn. Aust. 



145. 16; Kraatz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xiii. 438. 27; Faii-m. & Laboulb. 



Fn. Ent. Fr. i. 304. 19. 



Oblongo-ovatus,ferrugineus; antennis longioribus. Fig. 36. 

 obsolete clavatis, ferrugineis ; thorace brevi, basi 

 latiore, margine postico recto, angulis posticis 

 obtusis ; elytris obsoletissime striatis, paulo 

 angustioribus quam thorace. 



One of the smallest species, of a peculiar shape, 

 oblong-oval, gradually narrowed behind, with the 

 apex somewhat truncate, brownish ferruginous, clothed with a 

 very fine and thin yellowish pubescence. The antennse are 

 ferruginous-red, almost longer than the head and thorax; 

 only the three last joints are perceptibly thicker than those 

 preceding, and the eighth joint decidedly shorter, but not more 

 slender than the seventh. The head is frequently brownish or 

 blackish on the front. The thorax is large, transverse, very 

 slightly, but still perceptibly, broader than the elytra ; the sides 

 are rounded, more narrowed in front than behind; the posterior 

 angles obtuse ; the posterior margin straight, very finely and 

 densely punctate. The scutellum is of the form of an equdateral 

 triangle. The elytra are oblong, straight, perceptibly narrowed 

 behind, with the apex truncate, somewhat flat, more distinctly 



