178 MADEIRAN COLEOPTERA. 
angulos posticos externos fuscescentibus, antennis brevibus graci- 
libus, basi pedibusque testaceis. 
Long. corp. lin, 1-14 
H. linear, black, densely and coarsely alutaceous and rather closely 
punctulated, very slightly shining (the head and prothorax being 
almost opake), pubescent, and somewhat depressed. Head rather 
broad, and slightly acuminated between the antenne,—the mouth 
being prominent. Prothorax with the sides rounded ; and with a 
broad, though shallow, central depression behind. Elytra Yather 
wide; straightened at the sides; diluted-testaceous, and more or 
less infuscated towards the outer hinder angle. Abdomen a little 
paler at its apex. Antenne short and slender; with their apical 
joint rounder and less elongated, and the subapical ones more 
transverse and perfoliated, than in any of the allied (Madeiran) 
species: their base, and the legs, pale testaceous. 
The coarsely alutaceous, and rather densely punctured, surface of 
the present Homalota, in conjunction with its somewhat depressed 
body, diluted-testaceous elytra, and the rather peculiar structure of 
its short and slender antenns, will, inter alia, distinguish it from its 
allies. Two specimens only have hitherto come beneath my notice ; 
they were taken by Mr. Mason in Madeira proper, and (I believe) in 
the upland region of the Fanal. 
504. Homalota insignis. 
Homalota insignis, Woll., Ins. Mad. 555 (1854). 
Inhabits Madeira proper; occurring in fungi, and beneath the 
loosened bark of trees, throughout the sylvan districts. 
505. Homalota atramentaria. 
Aleochara atramentaria (Kirby), Gyll., Ins. Suec. ii. 408 (1810). 
Homalota atramentaria, Erich., Gen. et Spec. Staph. 111 (1839) 
, Woll., Ins. Mad. 555 (1854). 
—— ——, Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii, 303 (1856). 


Inhabits Madeira and Porto Santo; occurring in the dung of cattle, 
principally at intermediate and lofty altitudes, 
506. Homalota longicornis*. 
Aleochara longicornis, Grav., Col. Micropt. 87 (1802). 
Homalota longicornis, Er ich., Gen. et Spec. Staph, 129 (1889). 
, Woll., Ins. Mad. 556 (1854). 
-— ’ Kraatz, Nat. der Ins. Deutsch. ii. 801 (1856). 


Inhabits Madeira proper ; occurring in the dung of cattle, at most 
elevations. 
