188 STAPHYLINIDA., 
numerous and elongate, the basal segments paler than those following, and the apex 
again paler. Legs yellow; intermediate and posterior tibiee with a well-marked exserted 
seta on the middle of each. 
This species may be placed near H. aterrima. Four individuals have been found. 
33. Homalota questicula. 
Anterius et posterius attenuata, nigra, elytris pedibusque testaceis, illis sordidis; antennis sat elongatis, basi 
fusca; crebre subtilissime punctata, prothorace parum transverso. 
Long. 23 millim., 
Hab. Guatemata, San Gerénimo (Champion). 
Antenne rather elongate and not slender; third joint rather long, but not slender, 
subequal to second; fourth to tenth differing little from one another, the first of them 
as long as broad, but the last a little transverse ; terminal joint elongate, as long as the 
two preceding together. Thorax transverse but not strongly so, rounded at the base, 
a good deal narrowed towards the front, very finely and indistinctly punctate and 
delicately pubescent. Elytra slightly longer than the thorax, of an obscure yellow 
colour, closely and finely punctulate. Hind body much acuminate behind, closely and 
very finely punctate. 
This species is similar to Hl. macrocera, Th.; but the antenne are not quite so elongate, 
and the punctuation is not so dense. Only a single individual has been found. 
34. Homalota thoracica. 
Nigro-fusca, thorace elytrisque dilutioribus, antennarum basi pedibusque testaceis ; gracilis, subtiliter punctata, 
subopaca, abdomine nitidiore ; antennis mediocribus, apicem versus incrassatis, articulis ‘:penultimis trans- 
versis ; prothorace transverso, basi utrinque vix subsinuata, angulis posterioribus fere rectis ; abdomine 
parce punctato. 
Long. 3 millim. 
Hab. GuatTeMALA, Zapote (Champion). 
Antenne rather short, and only moderately stout, third joint nearly as long as 
second, fourth to tenth each slightly broader than its predecessor, the fourth small, 
the tenth distinctly transverse ; terminal joint rather large, quite as long as the two 
preceding together, slightly paler incolour. Head broad and short, dull, very obscurely 
punctate. Thorax strongly transverse, the sides more rounded in front than behind, 
the hind angles unusually distinct, nearly rectangular, but a little obtuse, the surface 
closely and very finely punctate. Elytra longer than the thorax, very finely and closely 
punctate. Hind body slender, but little punctate, the basal segments rather less 
sparingly than the others. 
In this species the middle coxe are slightly separated by an elongate, very slender 
process of the mesosternum that very nearly meets the slightly produced metasternum. 
The species is somewhat similar in form to H. anceps, but is very different structurally. 
Only a single individual has been found. 
