1916.] Ill 



Spanish species. Algeria is given as a locality only because of a single 

 female, wliicli conies very near the North African form I refer to 

 walheri. One specimen from Besika Bay (Walker, in coll. Champion) 

 is a female that probably may be a distinct form : more elongate and 

 parallel, with stronger sculpture, and reminding one of small H. 

 ilhistris. 



21. — Helophorus syriacns Gautier des Cottes. 



A specimen from the Javet collection labelled as above, without 

 more definite indication of locality, appears to be a distinct sj^fecies 

 allied to arifzuensis. It is in very decayed condition, and scarcely 

 good enough to be an unique type, though it appears never to have 

 been described. It has very slender legs and palpi, and fine sculpture 

 on the thorax. 



22.— Helo].)horus lancifer, sp. n. 



Parvus, parum convexua, obscurus, capite thoraceque 7iigro-cupreis, palpis 

 pedibiisque sordide testaceis, illis crassiusciilis ; elytris sordide testaceis, obscure 

 variegatis, ante mediimi impressis, su^>tiliter piinctato-striatis. Long. 2^~2l mm. 



Hah. : Sardinia (Terranova, Champion). 



One of the smallest species ; of very obscure coloration, with the terminal 

 joint of the palpi thicker than usual ; this joint is dark at the apex and there 

 is even a lilackening of the front margin of the penultimate one. The sculp- 

 ture of the head is very fine and indistinct. The thorax is brassy-black, the 

 sides straight but distinctly converging behind, very obscurely yellow ; the 

 grooves moderately deep, the median and juxta-median intervals very finely 

 punctate, the outer interval granulate. Elytra brown, with indistinct black 

 marks, the discal depressions well marked, the series of punctures fine. Legs 

 sordid yellow, claw-joint strongly blackened at tip. Flanks of elytra only very 

 slightly visible. The aedcagus (fig. 40) is slender and not likely to he mis- 

 taken for that of any other species excej^t aritzuensis ; basal piece short, lateral 

 lobes long, with slender acuminate apical parts ; median lobe long, slender, 

 and much detached; struts elongate, almost withoixt shoulders, so as to be 

 unusiially approximate and parallel. 



Thi'ee males from Terranova in the Champion collection ; the 

 aedeagus alike in all three. Also two specimens labelled GoU'o Aranci. 



23. — Helophorus carpeta7itis, sp. n. 



Parvus, angustus, capite thoraceque aeneis, nitidulis, subtiliter sculpturatis ; 

 antennis, palpis pedibusque flavis ; elytris sordide testaceis, obscure variegatis, 

 minus subtiliter punctato-striatis, ante basin depri'L-sls. Long. 2^ mm. 



Hah.: Hispania (Gruadarrama, Sharp). 



