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ciim ociilis protliorace vix angustins, subtiliter punctatum, te- 

 niiiter pnbescenspilisque erectis paucis munitum; clypeo longi- 

 tndinaliter carinato : mandibnlis apice palpornmque articnlo ul- 

 timo nigris. Antennae tenues, in mare prothoracis basin panllo 

 excedentes, in femina vix attingentes, articnlo 3:o et 4:o oblon- 

 gis, 5 — 8 snbglobosis, 5:o et 7:o qnam 6:o et 8:o panllo mino- 

 ribns, 9:o et 10:o praecedentibns panllo crassioribns, longitn- 

 dine panllo latioribns, nltimo ovato, apice snbacnminato. 

 Prothorax parvns, in mare praesertim qnam in congeneribns 

 mnlto angnstior, leviter transversns, apice qnam basi vix an- 

 gnstior, lateribns angnlisqne omnibns rotnndatis, convexns, 

 nitidns, snbtiliter et minns distincte qnam in capite pnnctatus, 

 longins pallido-pnbescens, pilis nonnnllis erectis nigris cras- 

 sioribns mnnitns, snlcis lateralibns obsoletis. Scntellnm snb- 

 giabrnm. Elytra protliorace parnm latiora, in mare latitndine 

 commnni duplo longiora, in femina panllo breviora, snblinearia, 

 apice obtnse obliqne rotnndata, angnlo sntnrali obtnso; snpra 

 convexa, ante apicem arcnatim depressa, crebre et fortins 

 qnam in protliorace pnnctata, longins pallido-pnbescentia. 

 pilis panllo longioribns, snberectis sen postrorsnm declivibns. 

 sparsis albidis mnnita. Corpns snbtns tenniter et parcins 

 pallidopnbescens, abdomine apice et lateribns pilis pancis 

 nigris mnnito. Pedes pallido pnbescentes, strnctnra nt in D. 

 ffavescenti. 



Habitat in iioribns Transcaspiae. Specimina hand panca 

 cepit Dom. K. Alinger. 



57. Helops (Nalassiis) pliaeaciis n. sp. 



Oblongns, niodice convexns, fnsco-picens, nitidns, snb- 

 aeneo-micans, antennis, ore pedibnsqne rnfesceiitibns; capite 

 crebre pnnctato, clypeo apice trnncato ; prothorace transverso, 

 longitndine fere dnplo latiore, lateribns snpra et snbtns aii- 

 guste explanatis et reiiexo-marginatis, rotnndatis, ante angnlos 

 rectos leviter sinnatis; elytris profnnde striatis, striis snbtiliter 

 pnnctatis, iiiterstitiis coiivexinscnlis, parce snbtilissime pnn- 

 ctatis, 8:o postice carinato-elevato, snbilexnoso, a margine 



