Ord. I. Fam.XXIL, Helopii. 189 



Helops caraboides. Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ., fasc. 24, 



Helops dermestoides. Illig. Coleopt. Bor. , tom. l , p. 120. 



Helops ruficollis? Fab. System. eleut. , tom. 1 , p. i63. 



Le Tenebrion d huit stries lisses. Geoff. Hist. des Insect. , 

 tom. 1 , p. 348. 



Parisiis frequens , sub arborum cortice. Helops quisquilius 

 Panzer, Faun. Insect. Germ. , fasc. 5o , fig. 5, diversus et ad 

 H. barbatum accedere videtur. H. quisquilius domini Paykull 

 nobis Pedinus. 



IT. Antennce articulo lertio a sequenti longitudine vix 

 diverso. 



1. Corpus oblongum ; thorax ex omni parte elylris notabiliter 

 angustior , subquadratus ; abdomen elongatum. ( Antennce 

 thorace longiores , articulis elongatis subcylindricis.) 



Observatio. Huc locandi Fabricii Helopes exotici nonnulli, 

 ut marginatus , hosmorrhoidalis , tenebrio viridis Herbst , lagriis 

 et upidibus habitu affines. 



2. Corpus oblongo-ovale ; thorax vix marginatus , transverso- 

 subquadratus , lateribus rotundatis , ad angulos posticos an- 

 gustatis. ( Antenna? articulo tertio et sequentibus obconicis , 

 ultimo subovato ; maxillce labiumque mollia.} 



Spec. 4. Helofs barbatvs. Helops barbu. m^ceVafkx-y- 



H. Nigro-fuscus , pubescens, punctulatus ; antennarum ar- 

 ticulis inferis, ullimo pedibusque flavo-rufis; tborace ad angulos 

 posticos subimpresso ; elytris punctato-striatis , subtilissime 

 rugosulis. 



Helops barbu. Latr. Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect. , 

 tom. 10, p. 348. 



Cistela linearis. Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. , fasc. 25 , fig. 

 16. mas. — Helops picipes, ibid. fasc. 24, fig. 4. femina. — 

 Cistela brevisl ibid. fasc. 24, fig. 17. 



