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proportionally not so elongate ; ferruginous brown ; easily distin- 

 guished from the remaining species of this group by its trans- 

 versely strigose elytra. The antennae are slender, reddish brown, 

 not quite so long as the elytra; first joint somewhat shorter 

 than the second ; second equal to the third ; third equal to the 

 fifth ; fourth somewhat longer and stouter than the sixth ; eighth 

 only one-third of the length of the seventh, and somewhat nar- 

 rower than those on each side of it ; ninth somewhat shorter than 

 the seventh, almost somewhat stouter, and equal to the tenth ; 

 eleventh of the stoutness of the preceding, about half as long, 

 from the middle forward cone-shaped acuminate. The head is 

 densely and finely punctate, pitchy-black. The thorax is nearly 

 of the breadth of the elytra, wholly light, twice as broad as long, 

 slightly arched, the sides wholly rounded, somewhat more strongly 

 behind than in front, so that the greatest breadth is behind the 

 middle ; the anterior angles are somewhat bent down, strongly 

 rounded, the posterior angles are obtuse-angled. The basal 

 margin is extremely lightly sinuated on both sides towards the 

 scutellum ; the upper side of the thorax is moderately densely and 

 finely shagreen-punctured. The elytra are uniform oblong, 

 gradually narrowed towards the apex, each being rounded ; they 

 have feeble traces of longitudinal strise, and besides are trans- 

 versely strigose almost parallel with the base of the thorax. The 

 legs are ferruginous brown and slender. 



I have not seen this species in nature, and have merely copied 

 M. Kraatz's description. It appears to be readily recognized 

 among its neighbours by its transversely strigose elytra. It is 

 found in Sicily, and appears to be rare, M. Kraatz having only 

 seen three specimens. 



7. C. fuscus, Panz. 



Helops fuscus, Panz. Fn. Germ. 18. 1. 



Luperus fuscus, Frohl. Naturf. 28. 24. 2. t. 1. f. 16. 



Catops sericeus, Payk. Fn. Suec. i. 342. 1. 



Catops rufescens, Fab. Syst. El. ii. 563. 1. 



Choleva sericea, Spence, Linn. Trans, xi. 145. 6. 



Catops festinans, Gyll. Ins. Suec. iv. 314. 1-2. 



Catops fuscus, Erichs. Kaf. d. M. Br. i. 235. 3 ; Sturm, Deutschl. Fn. xiv. 



13. 5. t. 274. f. a. A 5 Heer, Fn. Helv. i. 379. 4 ; Redt. Fn. Austr. 164. 



11 ; Kraatz, Stett. Ent. Zeit. xiii. 407. 8 ; Fairm. & Laboulb. Fn. Ent. 



Fr. i. 101. 7. 



Breviter ovatus, fuscus ; antennis subfiliformibus ; thorace trans- 

 verso, postice latiore, angulis posticis rectis; elytris rufo-brun- 

 neis, substriatis. 



Long. 2 lin. 



