17(> [January, 



A dingle specimen was taken by Mr. G-. C. Champion, in June 

 last, out o£ moss at the top of Slieve Donard (a mountain 2800 feet 

 high, Co. Down, Ireland), in company with Oxypoda rupicola, mihi, 

 and other hill-frequenting species. 



Mem. Aleochara nigrata, Fairm., described as a Cahdera, Faune 

 Ent. Fran9.,Col. i, p. 380, from two specimens found under moss near 

 Paris, by M. Brisout, is omitted from the third edition of De Marseul'ii 

 Catalogue, 1867, though it appears as an Aleochara in that of 

 Dr. Grenier (1863). 



HOMALOTA EGEEGIA, Sp. n. 



EJongata, linearis, depressa, parce puhescens, nitidiuscula, hrunneo- 

 testacea ; capite, fere Icevi, ahdominisque segmentis 4'" et 5'" siiffiisim, 

 piceo-nigris ; antennis capite ct thornce longioribus, articulis penultimis 

 hand fortiter transvcrsis ; thorace ohscuriore, obsolete canaliculato, 

 elytris hoc vix dimidio longioribus, obsoletissime punctulatis ; abdomine 

 supra laevigato. Long. \\ lin. {Anglic). 



(Section C, group viii. of Dr. Sharp's ' Revision '; 4th group, Kraatz.) 



Allied to JI. rufotestacea, Ktz., and elegantula, Bris., which it 

 resembles in colour ; differing from both in the structure of its 

 antenna>, which are longer, gradually and but slightly widened towards 

 the apex, with the 4th joint considerably less transverse, joints 5-10 

 transverse-obconic, and the apical joint very much longer. From 

 rufotestacea, it differs also in its rather more depressed build and 

 shining appearance, the still more obsolete punctuation of its head ; 

 its much more shining, darker, more obsoletely channelled and rather 

 more evidently and widely punctulated thorax ; and rather longer 

 elytra. From elegantula, it may at once bo known by its smaller size, 

 uiipunctured head, more shining thorax, &c. 



A single specimen, taken by Mr. G. C. Champion at Caterham, 

 by evening sweeping in June, 1873 (recorded as H. rufotestacea, Ent. 

 Mo. Mag., X, p. 39), has been returned by Dr. Sharp and M. Brisout 

 as unknown to them. 



HoMALiiTM GRACiLicoBNE, Fairm. 



M. Brisout, the captor of the single example on which this species 

 was described, having been fortunate enoiigh to take some more, has 

 kindly sent me one, which agrees ad punctum with the specimen on 

 which I introduced the species as Britfth, 



