Ord. I. Fam.XXII.^ Helopii. 189 



Helops caraboides. Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. , fasc. 24 , 



fig' 3. 



Helops dermestoides. Illig. Coleopt. Bor. , tom. i , p. 120. 



Helops riificollis? Fab. System. eleut. , tom. 1 , p. i63. 



Le Tenebrion a liuit stries lisses. Geoff. Hist. des Insect. , 

 tom. 1 , p. 548. 



Parisiis frequens , sub arborum corlice. Helops quisquilius 

 Panzer , Faun. Insect. Germ. , fasc, 5o j fig. 5 , diversus et ad 

 H. barbatum accedere videlur. H. quisquilius Aom\n\Vdis\xx\\ 

 nobis Pedinus. 



JT. AntenncB articulo terlio a sequenti longitudine vix 



diverso. 



1. Corpus oblongum ; tJiorax ex omni parte elytris notabiliter 

 angustior , subquadratus ; abdomen elongatum. ( Antennce 

 thorace longiores , articulis elongatis subcylindricis.) 



Obsekvatio. Huc locandi Fabricii Helopes exotici nonnvilli, 

 ut marginatus , hcemorrhoidalis , tenebrio viridis Herbst , lagriis 

 et upidibus babitu affines. 



2. Corpus oblongo-ouale ; thorax vix marginatus , transuerso- 

 subquadratus , lateribus rotundatis , ad angulos posticos an- 

 gustatis. ( Antennce articulo tertio et sequentibus obconicis , 

 ultimo subovato ; maxillc^ labiumque mollia.) 



Spec. 4. Helops jbarbatvs. Helops barbu. 



H. Nigro-fuscus, pubescens, punctulatus ; antennarum ar- 

 ticulis inferis, ullimo pedibusque flavo-rufis; tborace ad angulos 

 posticos subimpresso ; elytris punctato-striatis , subtilissime 

 rugosulis. 



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

 tom. 10, p. 348. 



Cistela linearis. Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. j.fasc. 26, fig. 

 16. mas. — Helops picipes, ibid. fasc. 24, fig. 4. feraina. — 

 Cistela brevisl ibid. fasc. i\ , fig. 17. 



