(Paje 168) 



68. H. inquinula Er. 



(iJrichs. Kaf. U. Br. I, 3:54; Jen. Spec. Staph. 116; Kraatz In?. D. 

 II, 297; Sharp Rev. Brit. Horn. 231; Muls. et Rey Bre'vip. 1873, 336; Jang lb . 

 Kaf. U. II, 19£). 



The smallest species of the ^enus Homalota; identified by its smallness 

 and in relation to the closest allied species furthermore by the form and 

 punctation of pronotum. 



(Paje 169) 



Narrow, rather evenly broad and flatly convex; blacl;:, i inely haired, 

 little shine; elytra brov.nish; legs brownish-yellow with a little dark- 

 er femora. 



The head is hardly as broad as pronotum, as long as broad, with rath- 

 er straight sides, punctation extremely fine and dense; antennae short 

 and proportionately robust, their third joint small and obconic, much 

 smaller and shorter than the oviform second Joint, the following from the 

 fourth to the tenth distinctly and increasingly transverse, so that the 

 next-last become twice as broad as long; cistal joint short obtuse at tip. 

 Pronotum narrower than elytra, anteriorly about li times as broad as long, 

 feebly narrowing posteriorly, densely and especially finely punctated; el- 

 ytra ^/? longer than pronotum, punctated like this. Ihe foremost free dor- 

 sal joints of abQDmen very finely and rather densely punctated, the hind- 

 most with scattered or simple punctation. L. 0.7 mm. 



The difference between (3 and ^ is indistinct. 



At manure and rotting plants, widely distrlbutHd; rare in Lnisr country; 

 (Ry, Odense, ilillerpd et al.); easily overlooked. 



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