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the 



Ovatus, ferrugineus ; capite fusco ; antennis Ion- Fig. 34. 

 gioribus, obsolete clavatis, ferrugineis; thorace 

 transverso, basi latiore, margine postico leviter 

 sinuato, angulis posticis rectis ; elytris obso- 

 letissime striatis, subtilissime transversim ru- 

 gulosis. 



Oval, ferruginous-red; head brown, reddish 

 in front, extremely finely punctate. Antennae as long as 

 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 

 punctate, as broad behind as the elytra, one half broader than 

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

 right-angled, pointed a little inwards ; posterior 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 strise ; 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 antennae, 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. 



Eound 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. et Lepid. 30 ; Sturm, Deutschl. Fn. xiv. 40. 

 20. t. 2/8. b. B ; Heer, Faun. Helv.i. 383. 19 ; Redt. Fn. Aust. 145. 

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



Ovatus, piceo-brunneus ; antennis longioribus, 

 obsolete clavatis, ferrugineis; thorace trans- 

 verso, basi latiore, margine postico recto, angulis 

 posticis rectis } prominulis ; elytris obsoletissime 

 striatis. 



Long. 1-lf lin. 



Perfectly egg-shaped, the sharper end behind, 



gently convex, clear pitchy-brown, the whole 



upper side clothed with a fine, adpressed, yellow- 



Fig. 35. 



