Mr. A. Murray's Monoyraph uf the genus Catops. 393 



have rested my subdivisions of the genus being mentioned by 

 M. Kolcnati. 



41. C j9Mse7/z^s, Motsch. 

 Catops pusillus, Victor Motschoulsky, Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. 1840, p. 175. 



" Ovalis, ciunamomeus, sericco-pubescens ; thorace Fig. 41. 

 transvcrso, angulis posticis subproductis, lateribus 

 rotundatis; antennis pedibusque dilutioribus pu- 

 besccntibus. 



" Long. ~ \'m,, lat. i lin. 



" One of the smallest species of Catops, and covered 

 with a close golden pubescence. The antennse are a little pilose, 

 of the length of the head and thorax together, the eighth joint 

 much smaller and shorter than the seventh. The thorax is trans- 

 verse, rounded on the sides, and when looked at from in front, 

 it appears even a little broader than the elytra; it is cut 

 straight at the base, and has the posterior angles a little project- 

 ing backwards. The scutellum is triangular. The elytra are 

 oval, obliquelij emarg'mate at the extremity towards the suture, 

 ivith the exterior angle projecting in a point. On each side of the 

 suture there is an impressed line which reaches a little beyond 

 the half of the elvtra. The anterior tibiae are a very little 

 dilated*/' 



The emargiuation of the elytra at the apex of the suture fur- 

 nishes an easy character for distinguishing this species. 



M. Motschoulsky mentions that he took it in spring at Aua- 

 nur, on the great military route of Georgia, and in the month 

 of August, near Davial, on tlie same route. It was found under 

 stones, and in the earth, among roots, in obscure places. The 

 specimens which have been recently excluded are often of a tes- 

 taceous colour. 



42. C. pallidus, Menetries. 



C. pallidus, Menetr. Cat. rais. des Obj. de Zool. rec. dans un Voyage au 

 Caucase, &c., p. 169. 



" Oblongo-ovatus, subdeprcssus, ferrugineus, breviter griseo- 

 pubesccns ; elytris obsolete punctulatis, apice subacuminatis. 

 " Long. 2 lin., lat. 1^ lin. 



" Found at Bakonf." 



The above meagre description is all that we know of this 



* Motschoulsky in loc. cit. t Menetries in loc. cit. 



