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1. — Bradempleurus schniidti Villa. 



This little iusect is readily distinguished from all the other 

 Helojjhorini by the sculpture of the elytra and the shape of the wings : 

 tlie second, (third of many authors) interstice commences at the base 

 by being strongly elevated, but, coming to a deep transverse depression 

 of the surface suddenly disappears, the elevation being resumed 

 immediately beliind the depression; the 4th interstice runs as a strong 

 setigerous carina nearly as far as the apex of the elytron ; the 6tli 

 commences at the ))ase as a strong ca'.ina, but at one-fotirth of the 

 length of the elytron this cariuation ceases, and is only resumed for a 

 short distance near the tip. 



Tlie localities given for this species are the Pyrenees, Alps, and 

 Apennines. It has, however, been recorded from Spain (von Heyden's 

 Eeise Spanien, p. 50) and has been met with by Mr. Champion and 

 myself in several localities in the Cantabrian Mountains, and also at 

 Albarracin by Mr. Champion. The only Pyrenean specimen I have seen 

 agrees with these Cantabrian examples, except that the post-scutellar 

 depression is not quite so deep. 



Villa described the species from Lomlmrdy, whence I have seen 

 only a single example (Little St. Bernard, Champion) : it agrees with, 

 the Pyrenean specimen. 



In Switzerland the species is considered to be rare ; it was 

 descril)ed by Heer as H. alpiiius : and I have befoi'e me three examples 

 with that locality and name from the Castelnau Collection. They are 

 smaller than the more Southern examples, and Heer says that his 

 species is lA^ lin. long, and Stierlin gives 2^ mm. as the length of 

 Swiss examples, whereas those from the South are 3| mm. long. 



In addition to the above there are two examples in the Castelnau 

 Collection named " Helophorvn sulcatus Dahl., Hongrie." The species 

 does not appear to be recorded from that region, and I cannot find 

 any reference whatever to " sidcahis" in the modern catalogues or 

 literature. The name nevertheless had some currency of old, for 

 " s^ilcatui< Dahl." is named by Hope as probably a member of his 

 genus Empleurv)'. The peculiar wings are of the same shape in a 

 Spanish, a Swiss, and a Hungarian example. 



Reitter (Fauna G-erin., ll, p. 347) includes the species, but says 

 of it: "in den Alpen ; vielleicht in Bayern aufzufinden," so that its 

 occurrence in Germany is not ascertained. 



