1884. J ' 8J^ 



ON A NEW SPECIES OF HET2ERIUS. 

 i BY GEOEGE LEWIS, F.L.S. 



j In the area assigned to the European Fauna there are fourteen 

 species of Hetcerius known to us, five of these are found to the north 

 )f the Mediterranean basin, and nine to the south of it. Outside this 

 •egion six are reported from America, and two from Japan ; leaving 

 ;he vast mainhind of Asia (probably rich in species) terra incognita as 

 •egards the genus. The European species are : — 



Hetcerius ferrugineus, Oliv. Hetcerius lioderus, Eairm. 



IlarseuJi, Bris. Bedeli, Lew. 



arachnoides, Eairm. pluristriatus, Eairm. 



hispanus, E-osenh. Lewisi, Eeitt. 



comoselJus, Eairm. Icevidorsis, Eairm. 



setuJosus, Eeitt. grandis, Eeitt. 



pimctulatus, Luc. plicicollis, Eairm. 



Herr Eeitter considers that H. Sartorii = Eretmotus Uayei. 

 The last addition to this list is : — 



Het^eius Bedeli, n. sp. 



Subrotundatus,piceo-ferrugi7ieus, vix dense sericeo-puhescens, punc- 

 \ulatus ; f route grosse punctata, emarginata ; pronoto sub-transverso, 

 iarte anteriore dense sat grosse punctata, angulis anticis ohtusis rejlexis ; 

 lytris tristriatis, 1° integro, 2 ultra medium, 3° ante abbreviatis ; ptygidii) 

 nloso ; prosterno grosse punctato, meso- et meta-sterno profunde exca- 

 atis ; pedibus robustis, tibiis angulato-dilatatis. Long. 2 — 3 mm. 



This species may be placed near lioderus, but it is very distinct 

 rom all on the list. Its colour and the density of its pubescence, the 

 hickly set punctures on the anterior part of the thorax, its larger size 

 ',nd broad tibiae, are its most conspicuous specific characteristics. The 

 ibise are nearly as much dilated as those of Eretmotus sociator or 

 angerianus, and they are angulated in the same way, being much 

 )roader therefore than any other known species of Hetcerius. At the 

 )ase of each elytron there is a faint impression resembling an obsolete 

 tria. 



I am much pleased in naming this insect after Mons. L. Bedel, 

 he captor of three examples at Daya, in the province of Oran, Novem- 

 )er, 1879, and to whose continuous researches in Algeria we owe the 

 liscovery of many novelties. 



39, High Street, Wimbledon : 

 July 28th, 1884. 



