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  Mr. 
  G. 
  C. 
  Champion's 
  list 
  of 
  

  

  the 
  base, 
  and 
  the 
  striae 
  more 
  finely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  

   thorax 
  more 
  convex 
  transversely, 
  more 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  

   sides 
  anteriorly 
  (in 
  H. 
  ophonoides 
  the 
  sides 
  are 
  slightly 
  

   sinuate-emarginate 
  before 
  the 
  apex), 
  and 
  with 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   angles 
  more 
  declivous 
  and 
  less 
  prominent 
  ; 
  also 
  much 
  

   smaller 
  in 
  size. 
  The 
  male 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  female 
  in 
  

   having 
  the 
  anterior 
  tarsi 
  slightly 
  stouter, 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   rather 
  broader 
  and 
  more 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  before 
  the 
  

   middle, 
  the 
  elytra 
  a 
  little 
  narrower, 
  and 
  the 
  antennae 
  

   longer. 
  M. 
  Allard, 
  to 
  whom 
  an 
  example 
  has 
  been 
  

   submitted 
  for 
  examination, 
  states 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  

   unknown 
  to 
  him. 
  H. 
  ophonoides 
  is 
  recorded 
  by 
  Dieck 
  

   from 
  Algeciras. 
  

  

  Helops 
  (Catomus) 
  JValkeri, 
  n. 
  sp.* 
  

   Elongate, 
  narrow, 
  convex, 
  brownisli-piceous 
  or 
  obscure 
  reddish- 
  

   brown, 
  with 
  an 
  aeneous 
  lustre, 
  slightly 
  shining, 
  the 
  oral 
  organs, 
  

   antennae, 
  and 
  legs 
  reddish-brown, 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  thickly 
  clothed 
  

   with 
  long 
  erect 
  yellowish-cinereous 
  pubescence. 
  Head 
  very 
  deeply 
  

   transversely 
  depressed 
  in 
  front, 
  coarsely 
  and 
  densely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  

   antennge 
  thin 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  but 
  thickening 
  outwardly, 
  extending 
  to 
  

   beyond 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  considerably 
  shorter 
  

   in 
  the 
  female 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  convex, 
  distinctly 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  head 
  in 
  

   both 
  sexes, 
  very 
  little 
  broader 
  than 
  long 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  more 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  anteriorly, 
  obliquely 
  

   narrowed 
  behind, 
  the 
  hind 
  angles 
  subrectangular, 
  the 
  base 
  trun- 
  

   cate, 
  the 
  entire 
  surface 
  densely 
  and 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  

   punctures 
  oblong 
  in 
  shape, 
  and 
  here 
  and 
  there 
  obhquely 
  or 
  longi- 
  

   tudinally 
  confluent 
  (more 
  distinctly 
  so 
  in 
  some 
  specimens 
  than 
  in 
  

   others) 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  short, 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long, 
  

   smooth, 
  or 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  fine 
  scattered 
  punctures 
  ; 
  elytra 
  distinctly 
  

   wider 
  than 
  the 
  prothorax 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  long 
  and 
  convex, 
  widest 
  

   at 
  the 
  middle, 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  and 
  narrowed 
  at 
  

   the 
  shoulders, 
  very 
  sharply 
  margined 
  from 
  the 
  base 
  to 
  the 
  apex, 
  

   truncate 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  humeri 
  distinctly 
  projecting 
  in 
  front, 
  the 
  

   basal 
  margm 
  somewhat 
  swollen, 
  finely 
  and 
  deepl}' 
  striate 
  through- 
  

   out, 
  the 
  striae 
  with 
  fine 
  oblong 
  closely 
  placed 
  punctures, 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   stices 
  feebly 
  convex 
  or 
  almost 
  flat, 
  coarsely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  pi;nc- 
  

   tures 
  on 
  each 
  interstice 
  forming 
  irregular 
  double 
  rows 
  in 
  the 
  

   larger 
  specimens, 
  and 
  a 
  single 
  row 
  in 
  the 
  smaller 
  ones 
  ; 
  beneath 
  

   paler 
  in 
  colotu*, 
  coarsely 
  and 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  anterior 
  tai'si 
  

   with 
  the 
  three 
  basal 
  joints 
  very 
  broadly 
  and 
  equally 
  dilated 
  in 
  the 
  

   male. 
  Length 
  4—7^, 
  breadth 
  1^— 
  2f, 
  millim. 
  (<??). 
  

  

  