136 Proceedings of the 



broad, pitchy-black, finely punctate; the parts of the mouth fer- 

 ruginous-red. The thorax is large^ broad, as broad at the base as 

 the elytra, only slightly narrowed in front; the sides lightly 

 rounded ; the posterior angles obtuse ; the basal margin straight ; 

 it is moreover slightly convex, somewhat darker on the back, 

 very finely and densely punctate, and thinly clothed with a fine 

 yellowish-grey pubescence. The scutellum is obtusely trian- 

 gular, densely punctate. The elytra are of a short and broad oval 

 form, broadly truncate at the apex, finely shagreen -punctured, 

 thinly clothed with a yellowish-grey pubescence, deeply im- 

 pressed with a sutural stria, and without any traces of other 

 stria?. The abdomen is pitchy-black ; the legs are ferruginous- 

 yellow. 



The salient points in which it differs from C. prcecox have 

 been already noticed. It is larger, more densely pubescent, 

 more thickly punctate and less shining than the following spe- 

 cies (C. anisotomoides) . 



The above description is reproduced from Sturm, as I have 

 not seen the species. It has been taken in Hungary and 

 Austria. 



37. C. anisotomoides, Spence. 



Choleva anisotomoides, Spence, Linn. Trans, xi. 156. 16. 



Catops anisotomoides, Sturm, Deutschl. Fn. xiv. 42. 21. t. 278. f. c, C; 



Heer, Fn. Helv. i. 384. 20; Redt. Fn. Aust. 145. 16; Kraatz, Stett. 



Ent. Zeit. xiii. 439. 29 ; Fairm. & Laboulb. Fn. Ent. Fr. i. 304. 20. 



Ovatus, piceus, nitidulus; antennis longioribus, ob- Fl g- 38. 

 solete clavatis ; thorace transverso, basi latiore, 

 margine postico recto, angulis posticis obtusis ; 

 elytris piceis seu rufo-piceis. 



Long. | lin. 



Oval, very convex. Pale ferruginous-brown, 

 somewhat shining, variable in depth of colour, 

 deeper on the disk of the thorax and of the elytra, 

 with a fine brown pubescence. Antennae tolerably long, scarcely 

 thickened at the extremity. Thorax transverse, as broad at the 

 base as the base of the elytra, narrowed a little in front, very 

 densely but finely punctate ; posterior margin straight, posterior 

 angles obtuse. Elytra elongate-oval, scarcely widening behind 

 the base, then gradually becoming narrower ; densely punctate, 

 but not so finely as the thorax; suture raised; sutural stria 

 deep, almost reaching the scutellum; no traces of other striae 

 to be seen. Legs and antennse of the same colour as the body. 



The smallness of its size, and its short and more convex form, 

 distinguish it from C. velox. It is nearer in point of size to 

 C. prcecox, but the more elongate form of the latter and its dif- 



