[Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift XX. 1876. Heft II.] 
Generis Helops specierum methodicae 
dispositionis tentamen. 
Auctore 
Es on Bone SA 
I. (Hedyphanes Fischer). Corpus elongatum, tborax ab ely- 
trorum basi plus minusve discretus; elytra basi deelivia, pariete 
basali nulla aut reclinato-explanata; submenti lobi ad oculos baud 
canaliculati. 
1. Corpus nigrum vel nigro - eyaneum, saepe parum nitidum; 
thorax latitudine haud brevior; scutellum transversum, subtriangu- 
lare, apice plerumque inflexum; elytra corpus sat amplectentia, in- 
terstitio extimo, saltem medio, verticali aut infero, pariete basali 
nulla, epipleuris integris; mentum leniter transversim convexum; 
metasterni epimera vix aut leniter interne rotundata, apice haud 
angustata, quam postiee plerisque latiora. 
a. Elytrorum humeri haud prominuli, nulli 
b. oculi valde convexi, ab auriculis disereti coerulescens Fisch. 
b’. oculi modice eonvexi, minus ab aurieulis disereti 
e. thorax disco parum dense punctatus tentyrioides Men. 
« e'. thorax confertim punctatus tagenioides Men. 
a‘. Elytrorum humeri antrorsum prominuli Menetriesi Men. 
a”. Elytr. humeri antrors. atque deorsum prominuli Jatzcollis Men. 
Obs. Epistoma breve, apice recte, in Menetriesi subarcuatim, 
truncatum: oculi modice convexi, aurieulis proximi in laticolli, ab 
eis tantisper discreti tribus praecedentibus; iidem valde convexi, 
quasi antice compressi, ab auriculis sat distantes in coerulescente. 
Thorax angulis postieis obtusis, muticis in tentyrioide, tagenioide 
ac coerulescente Z\, plus minusve rectis ac prominulis in coerules- 
cente 9, Menetriesi ac laticolle. Elytra margine laterali subtili, in- 
fero, apice plus minusve explanatulo. Lobi laterales submenti ca- 
rinula superne bifida instructi, interiore ramo antrorsum elevatulo, 
extimo plus minusve obsoleto, lobis ipsis late transwersis, postice 
haud impressis. Prosterni processus planiuseulus, lamellaris, po- 
stice valde declivis,. depressus. Mesosternum plerisque truncatum 
