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ing the base of the antennae and the tarsi, which are rufo-pieeous. 

 The thorax is more than one-half wider than long, moderately 

 narrowed in front, broadly truncate at apex, very slightly 

 rounded on the sides, truncate at base, and faintly sinuate at 

 the posterior angles, which are slightly acute. The punctures 

 are very indistinct. The transverse scratches are as fine as in 

 C. calij 'ornicus* ." 



59. C. Lecontei, mihi. 



Catops strigosus, Lee. Syn. Silph. N. America, Proc. Acad. Philad. vol. vi. 

 1853, p. 281. 



" Oblongo-ovalis, subelongatus, piceo-rufus, sericeus, Fig. 52. 

 distinctius strigosus ; thorace latitudine sesqui brevi- 

 ore, antrorsum modice angustato, angulis posticis vix 

 productis, subacutis ; elytris stria suturali profunda ; 

 antennis magis incrassatis, piceis, basi testaceis. 



" Long. 1 lin. 



" One female, South Carolina, Dr. Zimmerman. This species 

 resembles the preceding, but the thorax is less narrowed in front 

 and less rounded on the sides ; the transverse lines on the thorax 

 and elytra are more distinct ; the punctures are very indistinct ; 

 the first four or five joints of the antennse are testaceous, the rest 

 are piceous; the apex is indistinctly palerf." 



The " Synopsis of the Silphales of America north of Mexico/' 

 iu which this species was described by Dr. Leconte under the 

 name of strigosus, was published in February 1853, while 

 M. Kraatz's description of the European species so named by 

 him was published in the ' Stettin Ent. Zeitung ' in 1852. By 

 the rule of priority therefore, the name strigosus must be retained 

 for Kraatz's species, and another name given to this. It appears 

 to me that it is an appropriate homage to name it after the 

 eminent naturalist who first described it. 



60. C. oblitus, Leconte. 



Catops obtitus, Lee. Syn. Silph. N. Amer. Proc. Acad. Philad. vi. 1853, 282. 



" Subellipticus minus convexus, rufo-fuscus, pubescens; Fig. 53. 

 thorace punctulato antrorsum subangustato basi trun- 

 cate, angulis posticis fere obtusis ; elytris transversim 

 minus dense strigosis, stria suturali distincta ; antennis 

 flavis, art. 4-10 fuscis. 



"Long. 1J lin. 



* Leconte in toe. cit. f Leconte in loc. cit. 



