8 



Pelops 



slightly narrowed anteriorly. Ptm. longish with straight ant. margin. Central 

 projection of ant. margin of Abd. broad, tri-lobed. No clear depressed 

 space on Dors, of Abd. 4 rows of fine hairs on Dors, of Abd., some of 

 those on post, margin thicker. — Nph. Red or yellow, legs darker, hairs 

 whitish: somewhat like Nph. of P. acromius, but hairs at sides of Abd. 

 thick but not spatulate. 2 very long hairs on post, margin. — Im. 

 L. ca. 550 ju. 



In fir-woods, moss etc. England, France, Germany, ? Netherlands. 



5. P. occultus C. L. Koch, Nic. 1835 P. o., 0. L. Koch, C. M. A., fasc. 2 t. 15 

 1855 P.O., Xicolet in: Arch. Mus. Paris, v. 7 p. 427 t, 3 f . 5 | 1887 P.O., Berlese. A. 

 M. S., fasc. 35 nr. 4. 



Im. Dark brown, coarsely punctured, Psstg. org. with thin peduncle 

 and clavate-fusiform hairy head (Berlese draws, them hairy but describes 

 them as „nudis"). A square projection from ant. margin of Abd. Abd. 

 with almost whole median line occupied by 2 shallow depressions 

 of equal width each bordered by a ridge; post, depression oblong, more 

 than twice as long as ant., which is oval. Abd. hairless. L. 430 |u. 



France, Germany, Italy. 



6. P. tardus C. L. Koch 1835 P. t, C. L. Koch. C. M. A., fasc. -2 1. 16 | 1884 

 P. auritus, Berlese, A. M. S., fasc. 15 nr. 8. 



Im. Very black, rough. Square projection of ant. margin of Abd. 

 present. Intlam. hair spatulate. Psstg. org. with thin peduncle and fusi- 

 form hairy head. Abd. smooth but usually covered with secretion in irre- 

 gular undulations. No hairs on Dors, of Abd. 2 pairs of spatulate hairs on 

 post, margin, the inner pair curved inward, the outer outward. Abd. a very 

 short ellipse. L. ca. 500 n (350 |u in Berlese, A. M. S., Crypt. II p. 68). 



In moss. Germany, Italy. 



7. P. torulosus C. L. Koch 1840 P. C. L. Koch, C. M. A., fasc. 30 1. 13 j 1877 

 P. t., Canestrini & Fanzago in: Atti 1st. Veneto, ser. 5 v. 4 p. 79 j 1896 P. t., Berlese. A. 

 M. S., Crypt. II p. 68 | 1855 P. variolosus, Nicole t in: Arch. Mus. Paris, 0.7 p. 427 t.3 f. 4. 



Im. Black. Psstg. org. clavate. Abd. deeply pitted; pits large, 

 close together, irregular in shape; those on Ptm. smaller than those on 

 Dors, of Abd. Square projection from ant. margin of Abd. narrow, white. 

 3 pairs of clavate hairs on post, margin caducent. L. 500 m. 



France, Germany, Italy. 



8. P. uraeeus C. L. Koch 1840 P. u., C. L. Koch, C. M. A„ fasc. 30 1. 12 I 1884 

 P. u., Berlese, A. M. S., fasc. 15 nr. 7. 



Im. Yellow-brown, roughish, strongly punctured. Lam. blades on edge, 

 touching anteriorly. Intlam. hair large fusiform. Psstg. org. long, with 

 thin peduncle and clavate, subfusiform head. Square projection of ant. 

 margin of Abd. large. Abd. long-shaped narrow, much narrowed and truncated 

 anteriorly, rounded posteriorly. A clear smooth oval space near ant. margin 

 of Abd. 1 pair of clavate hairs on hind margin curving outward; 2 pairs 

 on Dors, of Abd. near lat. margin and 1 near post, margin, their ends pro- 

 jecting between the pair on the actual margin. L. ca. 500 ju. 



On bushes, moss etc. Germany, Italy, Switzerland. 



Div. II. 



Sp. 9, 10. Without any rectangular projection from ant. margin of Abd. 



9. P. glaber G. & R. Can. 1882 P. g.. G. & R. Canestrini in: Atti 1st. Yeneto. 

 ser. 5 0.8 p. 915 | 1895 P. g., Berlese, A. M. S., fasc. 74 nr. 2. 



