110 tMay, 



Lozere (R. Tarn, H. GT. Champion), one female, fairly in agree- 

 ment with British examples. 



Silesia (Altvater Grebirge, v. Bodemeyer) , one male, differing little 

 from the Normandy example, but having a rather larger and broader 

 aedeagus. This specimen was sent to Mr. Champion by Reitter as 

 " H. ohscurns Mvils." " Grermany," four examples, one of them male, 

 agreeing with the British specimens that approximate H. aeneipennis. 



North Africa, Batna (Champion), Algeria (Rippon, also Mt. 

 Edough, A. Thery, Blidah, and coll. Castelnau). A very miscellaneous 

 lot of about twelve examples, all having a much less coarse sculpture, 

 but showing great variation ; the aedeagus scarcely differs from that of 

 our British forms. It would seem that N. African examples may 

 possibly connect aritsnensis (q.v.) with walkeri. 



H. ohscurus Muls., may probably have included some individuals 

 of walkeri, but it was merely a name without definite characters, and 

 has no claim to recognition. 



20. — Helnplwriis aritzuensis, sp. n. 



8at convexus, ohscurus, capite thoraceque nigris, jplus 'minusve metallescen- 

 tibus, hoc margine laterali anguste testaceo, elytris sordide tesiaceis, nigro- 

 variegatis, antennis palpis pedibusque testaceis ; thorace dorso suhtiliter punctato ; 

 elytris ante medium impressis, fere suhtiliter punctato-striatis, interstitiis latis, 

 interdum aiirato-micantibus. Long, 3-3^ mm. 



Hah.: Sardinia (Baudi), Aritzu and Grolfo Aranci (Champion) ; 

 Hispania (Sharp) ; Algeria (Rippon). 



The alliance as shown by the aedeagiis is with H. ivalkeri, but the sculpture 

 of the surface is much finer than in that species, and the palpi are a little 

 shorter with thicker apical joint. The tips of the maxillary palpi and of the claw 

 joints of the tarsi are a little blackened. The lateral margin of tlie elytra 

 stands out but little, and beneath, the flanks are biit little visible. The 

 aedeagus (fig. 39) is very like that of walkeri, but the apical section (=lateral 

 and median lobes) is always narrower. 



These characters seem to distinguish this form satisfactorily from 

 British walkeri, but the North African individuals of the latter seem, 

 on the other hand, to connect the two, so that until we know more 

 about these Southern forms the status of aritzuensis remains doubtful. 

 Two immature females from the Escorial may be a var. of aritzuensis, 

 but the colour is brighter, and the palpi more slender. Three indivi- 

 duals from Madrid (River Manzanares) agree pretty nearly with the 

 Sardinian examples, so that Sardinian aritzuensis may be a form of a 



