i88 Insecta. Pterodicera, 



Helops hleud'acier. Latr. Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect,^ 

 fom. 10 , p. 54o. 



Ilabitat in Gallia Auslrali , Italia, sub lapidibxis. 



Spec. 2. Helofs lanipes. Helops lanipede. 



H. Anlennis Ihorace longioribus 5 articulo terlio elongato ; 

 octavo, nono et decimo obconicis; ultimo subovali ; corpore paulo 

 duplo longiore quara latiore , convexo , punctulato , supra nigro- 

 asneo, infranigro, nitidoj thoracis latiludine summa illius longi- 

 tudinem subsequante ; elytris capite ihoraceque conjunctis duplo 

 longioribus, punctato-striatis ; apicibus productis ; femoribus 

 anlicis ovalis ; tarsis qualuor anlicis articulis mediis dilatatis; 

 omnibus lale villosis. 



Helops lanipes. Fab. System. eleut. , tom. 1 , p. iSy. 



Helops lanipede. Oliv. Entom. , #. 5 , rf. 58, pl. 1 , fig. \, a.b. 



Helops lanipede. Latr. Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Lisect. , 

 tom. 10 j p. 545. 



Tenebrio lanipes. Linn. System. nat. , mant. 1 ,/>. 533. 



Le TenehrioTL bronze. Geoff. Hist. des Lxsect. , fom. 1 , p. S^g. 



JPanz. Faun. Insect. Germ. , fasc 5o , fig. 2. 



Habital in Gallia , Germania , Italia, sub arborum cortice ; 

 lempore vernali ; Parisiis frequens. 



4. Corpus suhovaium, convexum ; thorax transverso-quadratus ^ 

 laterihus marginatis , nec dilatatis , nec postice ahrupte an- 

 giistatis, [ yintennce filiformes , articulis plerisque ohcojiicis , 

 ultimo suhovato. ) 



Spec. 5. Helops striatvs. Helops strie. 



H. Supra subaeneo-nigricans, infra castaneo-piceus, punctu- 

 latus ; anlennis pedibusque aut illorum tibiis tarsisque piceo- 

 caslaneis ; antennarum articulis octavo , nono et decimo sub- 

 abrupte minoribus ; elytris punclato -striatis ; tarsis quatuor 

 anticis ariiculis mediis dilatatis, sublus hirsutis. 



Helops strie. Oliv. Entom. , tom. 5 , n^. 58 , pl. 1 , fig- 4. 



Helops strie. Latr. Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect. , 

 tom. 10, p. 345. 



