1865.] 403 



the elytra, longitudinally impressed posteriorly; elytra granulated; ab- 

 domen smooth; tibiae and tarsi fusco-testaceous. Length 1| line; 

 breadth 2 line. 



Flab. — Insula Unalaschka [Russian America]. 



Size of H. maritima Esch., but larger, blacker, with long and sparse 

 pubescence, the antennae longer and stouter, and the elytra sculptured 

 differently. — Mannerheim. 



19. Homalota maritima, Esch. 



Homalota maritima, Esch. Mann. Bull. Soe. Mosc. 1843, ii, p. 224. 



Linear, depressed, black, with fine grey pubescence; antennae short; 

 thorax subquadrate, scarcely narrower than the elytra, longitudinally 

 impressed ; abdomen above sparsely and finely punctured ; legs fusco- 

 testaceous. 



Length 1} line; breadth J line. 



Hub. — Sitka. — Mannerheim. 



20. Homalota picipennis, Mann. 



Homalota picipennis, Mann. Bull. Soc. Mosc. 1843, ii, p. 224. 



Black, thinly pubescent; elytra piceo-castaneous; legs ferruginous; 

 thorax subquadrate, scarcely depressed, obsoletely foveolated at base ; 

 abdomen above anteriorly, sparsely and finely punctured. 



Length li line; breadth % line. 



Hob. — Sitka. — Mannerheim. 



21. Homalota laevicollis, Maklin. 



Homalota Icevicollis, Makl. Mann. Bull. Mosc. xxv, I, p. 306. 



Elongate, subdepressed, black, shining, sparsely pubescent, very finely 

 and obsoletely punctured; thorax nearly smooth; antennae a little longer 

 than the head and thorax, the three penultimate joints rather trans- 

 verse; base of antennae, elytra, anus and legs, rufo-testaceous ; thorax 

 subquadrate, one-third broader than long, obsoletely foveolated before 

 the scutellum and very obsoletely channelled longitudinally ; elytra a 

 little longer than the thorax, towards the scutellum the apical angles 

 are somewhat infuscated ; abdomen anteriorly, sparsely and obsoletely 

 punctured, the last segment smooth. 



Length H — 12 line; breadth •> line. 



Hab. — Sitka. 



Var. — Antennae at base, and the elytra entirely, piceous or pale 

 fusco-testaceous. — Mannerheim. 



22. Homalota cursors. Maklin. 



Homalota cursors, Makl. Mann. Bull. Mosc. xxv, I, p. 307. 

 Black, shining, thinly pubescent; palpi, base of antennae, elytra, 

 apex, anus and legs, testaceous; antennae as long as the head and tho- 



