463 Mr. A. ^lyxrvay' s Monoffrap/t of the ycnus Catops. 



I . C Frankenhauseri, M an n . 

 Catops FraiikenhtPHseri, Mann. Bull. Soc. Imp. Mosc. 1852, ))t. 2. p. 332. 



Elongatus, fusco-piceus, grisco-piibes- Fig. i>7. 



cens ; antennis pcctiiiatis, basi ferru- 



gineis, articulo ultimo pyriformi apice 



acuniinato; thoracc quadrato, angulis 



rotundatis, obsolete canaliculato, pos- 



tice in medio impresso ; elytris ob- 



longo-cllipticis, subtilissime punctii- 



latis, tenue atriatis, stria suturali pro- 



fundiore, rulb-testaceis, ciucreo-holo- 



sericeis, pilis longis fuscis praisertim 



in margine obsitis; pedibus ferru- 



ginco-piceis. 

 Long. 2h-S Im., lat. I'-li lin. 



Elongate, having a good deal the form of the first group 

 (subg. Cholera) of the genus Catops : fuscous, clothed with a 

 griseous j)ubescence. Antenufc pectinated, black, ferruginous at 

 the base ; the first three joints slender ; third longer than second ; 

 fourth to tenth each of nearly equal length, globose, with a long 

 spine proceeding outwards. Thorax quadrate, angles rounded, 

 obsoletely canaliculated, impressed behind in the middle. Elytra 

 oblong-elliptic, very finely punctulated, feebly striated, the sutu- 

 ral stria deeper, nifo-testaceous, with a cinereous bloom and 

 clothed with long brown hairs, especially on the margin ; legs 

 dark ferruginous. 



Inhabits the island of Sitka. Several specimens were taken 

 by M. Frankenhseuser in a human body lying in a wood, and in 

 putrid fungi. 



I owe the above figure to Dr. Leconte. 



Genus Catopsimorphus, Aube. 

 Catopsimorphus, Aube, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 2 s^r. v.il. viii. p. 324. 



" Antennae with eleven joints, very much flattened ; the eighth 

 not narrower and scarcely shorter than the seventh and ninth. 

 Epistoinc cut almost straight. Labrum broadly and deeply 

 emarginate, and provided in front with a small very slender 

 membrane, strongly emarginate in the middle and ciliated in the 

 emargination. Mandibles denticulated at the extremity and fur 

 nished within with a ciliated membrane. Maxillse witli the 

 internal lobe terminated by a small hook ; the external lobe 

 obtuse and hairy at the extremity. Maxillary palpi with four 

 joints, the first very small, the second slightly clavate, the third 

 obconiCj the last conical, a half smaller than the third. Labium 



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