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HOMALOTA GYNANDRICA, Sp. n. 



Nigra, elytrisfusco-brxmneis, antcnnarum basi palpisque fusco-testaceis, pedi- 

 hus sordide testaceis. Long. 4^ mm. 

 , Mas., latet. 



Fern., abdomine segmento 7° dorsali tnmcato, lenissime emarginato iitrinque 

 denticulo acuto prominulo : segmento ventrali lenissime emarginato, fere rotundato. 



This insect is extreinely lite large H. hurptata. I have only one 

 female and do not know the male, yet I am sure that this is a distinct 

 species. I supposed this example to be a male till I dissected it and 

 found it to be undoubtedly a female ; the spermatheca is unusually 

 large and strongly chitinised. The external characters of punctuation, 

 etc., are those which occur, with but little variation, in the H.fungicola 

 group. One specimen : found in company with H. reperfa and 

 H. ino'ptata. 



HoMALOTA SUBQUADRATA, Sp. U. 

 Nigra, subdepressa, parum nitida, elytris nigro-fuscis, pedibus/usco-testaceis ; 

 prothorace parum transversa elytris multo angustiore ; capite, thorace, elytris 

 omnium subtilissime punctatis et pubescentibus ; abdomine nitido, basi parce 

 evidenter punctata. Long, vix 3 mm. 



This is a very distinct species. I think it should come near the 

 H. fungicola group, though I know of nothing very near it, and the 

 narrow thorax and head are peculiar. 



Antennae black, moderately stout, a little thickened from the 2nd to the 10th 

 joint, terminal joint rather short, blunt, penultimate joints only slightly tians- 

 iverse. Head a little narrower than the thorax, much narrower than the elytra. 

 Thorax not strongly transverse, markedly narrower than the elytra, scarcely 

 narrowed behind. Elytra a good deal longer than the thorax. Abdomen shining, 

 the setosity much more mai-ked than on the anterior parts, the punctuation 

 scanty on tlie anterior segments, very scanty on the posterior. Legs yellow, 

 with the femora much blackened. 



The individual described is a female. It has the last dorsal plate 

 slightly emarginate. This insect was found at Brockenhurst on May 

 22nd last. I believe it was in company with the others here described, 

 but this is not certain, and it may possibly have come from a recently 

 felled oak tree from which I took some specimens of H. coriaria. 



Explanation of figures. Diagram of the 7th segment of the females : — On the 

 left are the ventral plates, on the right the dorsal. 1 and 2, H. reperta ; 

 3 and 4, H. inoptata ; 5 and 6, H. gynandrica. 



Brockenhurst : June 12th, 1913. 



