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piinctiares — a fine piinctiire surrounded by a very obscurely raised ring, or 

 obsolete graniile — and that of the juxta-median and siib-external intervals is 

 coarsely granular ; the lateral margin is definitely yellow, and stands out 

 modoi-ately. The serial piinctures on the elytra are moderately fine, and the 

 intervals slightly convex. 



This species should be placed near ajfinis aud lapponicus. Zaitzev 

 has correctly queried it as being a synonym of lapponicus. H. ytenensis 

 is a larger insect than affinis, with a more ample prothorax, the sculp- 

 ture of which is more gi'auular. 



In describing H. lapjjonicus I alluded to a second specimen sent 

 to me by Sahll)erg with that name. It is from Palojopti, in Finland, 

 and is a female so similar to jetrifeiensis that I have assigned it thereto, 

 though doubt must exist till more ample material, including males, 

 shall be obtained. 



46. Helopliorus sp. ? 



I may briefly mention a species apparently allied to H.jeniseiensis, 

 but having slender palpi, the terminal joint of the labial pair being 

 remarkably slender and elongate, almost four times as long as broad, 

 instead of about twice as in jeniseiensis. 



The unicjue specimen is from Eeichenstein in Silesia (v. Bodemeyer) 

 and is in the Champion collection ; it is, I believe, a female, so I have 

 not attempted to dissect the genitalia, but I have taken out the trophi 

 so that I am sure there is no mistake about them. 



47. — Helopliorus saJilbergi Kuwert. 



Kuwert described this species in 1886 (Wien. ent. Zeit... p. 90), 

 founding it on imaginary characters of pubescence of palpi, elytra and 

 legs. I should therefore have altogether omitted the name had it not 

 been that Kuwert received his specimens from Prof. Sahlberg, and that 

 this authority has sent me two specimens as being sahlbergi. They are 

 from Ochotsk, in Siberia, and belong to two different forms, both of 

 which are otherwise unknown to me. Supposing that Kuwert's 

 description were taken from one, or other, or both, of these specimens I 

 should apply the name to a form allied to if e -a fun and mimdns, and 

 differing from the latter by its larger thorax, with very delicate and 

 not outstanding lateral marg-in. The second example appears to be 

 more nearly allied to H. exasperafm. Both are in verj bad condition 

 and apparently females. Unless some individual can be certified as 

 the actual type of Kuwert, it is useless to attach any good description 

 to the name. 



