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25. Jenus Homalota iir. (Kr.)« 



((Mannh. Brach. 73). Srichs. Kaf. r.'k. Br. I, 314; Jen. Spec. Staph. 

 8C; Kraatz Ins. D. II, 19?; Sharp. Rev. Brit. Horn. 1869. - Thorns. Skend. 

 Col. II and III (see followlnij 23 subgenera according to Thorns.). - f/uls. 

 et Fey Erevip. 1873 and 1375 ( Homalotates sx.p.). - Janjjlb. Kaf. U. II, 

 1895: Thamlaraea 125+-2M£MS. 132-f- Notothecta 133-fAtheta 13e-f- :?nypeta 241). 



"'ithin the division Myrmedoniina this numerous and extensive jenus is 

 especially characterized by: that the head posteriorly Js only feebly or 

 not constricted, that the tongue (Fi^.S?) is cleft about to the njddle in- 

 to two narrow, feebly diverging lobes, and that the first Joint of hind 

 tarsus (Fig. 38) is short, as long as, or sometimes somewhat longer than the 



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 second, and much shorter than the clavj- joint. - Otherwise, the manifold 

 species of this genus present considerable differences both in appearance 

 and in details of the body: Several species iQiappearance resemble Oxypdda , 

 others reminding of Tachyusa , Myrmedonia , Ocelea or Leptusa . 



The body is ordinarily noire or less elongate and slender, slightly con- 

 vex, rarely short and broad, as a rule finely haired; the head most often 

 rounded or roundly transverse, or oval, but can also occur square with par- 

 allel sides (subg. Dadobia ) or broadest behind the eyes and triangularly 

 rounded off (subg. AmJ scha ) . It is not especially porrect and very little 

 or not constricted behind. Temples and genae in most of the subgenera are 

 more or less distinctly and entirely marginated, in several ( subg. Lio;;luta 

 et al.) only marginated posteriorly, in otners not marginated (subg. Dlnaraea , 

 Aloconota et al.). The eyes are most often longer than the temples and of 

 normal size, but not a few species have small or very small eyes and longer 



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