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closely resembles) that I cannot but regard it as an additional, though 

 nearly allied, species. It recedes from that insect in being a trifle 

 smaller and more densely punctulated ; in its antennaj being shorter 

 and more compact (the joints being more intimately connected inter 

 se) ; in its prothorax being a little narrower, and more rounded be- 

 hind, with the posterior angles less defined, and witli the disc lightly 

 channeled but not widely impressed ; and in its elytra being, if any- 

 thing, somewhat less developed. 



825. Homalota putrescens. 

 H. subnitida, densissime alutacea punctisque (in capite abdomineque 

 parcius) sat dense irrorata, nigra, elytris testaceis, versus angulos 

 posticos externos necnon in regione scuteUari nigreseentibus ; pro- 

 thorace vix picescente, transverso, lato, postice rotimdato ; antennis 

 erassis, articulo ultimo longiusculo, nigro-fuscis, ad basin pedibus- 

 que testaceis, — Long. corp. lin. 1;^. 



Homalota putrescens, WolL, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 185 (18G2). 

 Habitat Lanzarotam, Canariam et Gomeram, in truncis Euphorln^ 

 arum eraortuis putridis degens. 



The short and very wide prothorax of this species, which has the 

 hinder angles abnost completely rounded oif, in conjunction with its 

 thick antennoe and its testaceous elytra and legs (the former of which 

 are more or less conspicuously darkened towards the outer posterior 

 angles and in the region of the scutellum and suture), will serve to 

 distinguish it. I have taken it sparingly, out of the damp rot- 

 ting Euphorbia-stems, in Lanzarote, Grand Canary, and Goraera; 

 and it will probably occur, like the H. corinria, beneath decajdng 

 vegetable refuse generally. 



826. Homalota cacti. 



H. prsecedenti similis, sed punctura leviore et parciore ; prothorace 



angustiore, minus transverso, ad angulos posticos minus rotundato ; 



antennarum articulo ultimo sensim minus elongato et paulo magis 



obtuso. — Long. corp. lin. l\. 

 Homalota cacti, Woll, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. i. 186 (1862). 



Habitat Teneriffam et Palmam, in ilia in trunco EupJiorbice canari- 

 msis putrido in montibus supra Sanctam Cruccm, sed in hac in foliis 

 marcidis Cacti opuntice. lecta. 



In size and general colouring this Homalota is almost coincident 

 with the putrescens ; but its prothorax is very much narrower (or less 

 transverse), with the posterior angles less rounded off, its punetation 

 is both finer and more distant, and the terminal joint of its antennae 

 is a trifle shorter nnd more obtuse. It is closely allied to the Euro- 



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