Homaloia.] stapiiylikid,k. 137 



111 liuii;;-, il( :ul liavcs, &c.; rare; Birch Wooil, Merlon, Mickleliam, EsIht, Lee, 

 Shirley, Caterham, Aslitead, I.eith Hill ; Tollbridge ; New Forest ; Deal ; Sherwood 

 Forest (under bark, W. (i. Blatch) ; Northumberland district, Wallington, &c. 



Group 22. 



The species contained in this group arc characterized by havin" the 

 liind body distinctly narrowed towards apex (in //. suhsmuata not 

 strongly so), and the thorax plainly narrowed in front : from the 

 preceding group they are distinguished, among other things, by having 

 the apical segments of the hind body sparingly punctured, or evidently 

 more sparingly punctured than the others, which gives them, as a rule, 

 a more shining appearance • except for H. crihrata they form a fairly- 

 natural group, now that Braclvida notlia has been removed from it 

 (and from the genus Homalota altogether) to a much more natural 

 position ; the species are all found in moss, dead leaves, haystack refuse, 

 &c. ; they are of small size^ ranging from 2| mm. (//. laticollis) to 

 \\ mm. (//. crihrata). 



H. laticollis, Steph. (fusca, Sharp I.e., vernacida, Er., Atlieta 

 vcrnacula, Thorns.^ CoJjtodota {Solenia) veniacula, Mids. et Rey). 

 Fuscous, rather shining, with the head black, thorax fuscous, elytra 

 yellowish, and hind body fuscous black, lighter at apex and sometimes 

 at base ; head rather broad and short, closely and distinctly punc- 

 tured ; antennse yellow at base, dusky yellow towards apex, with joints 

 2-3 moderately long, fourth smaller than the others, 5-7 each a 

 little longer than broad, 8-10 very slightly transverse, eleventh stout, 

 hardly as long as the two preceding together ; thorax broad, as 

 broad at base as elytra, about twice as broad as long, narrowed in front, 

 paler at sides, closely punctured, obscurely channelled, sometimes with 

 a depression before scutellum ; elytra not much longer than thorax, 

 closely and rather distinctly punctured ; hind body with segments 2-4 

 closely and rather finely, 5-6 sparingly punctured, shining ; legs yellow, 

 without outstanding setae. L. 2f mm. 



Male with the hind margin of dorsal plate of seventh segment 

 furnished Avith four distinct equidistant teeth, the inner ones blunt at 

 apt?x, the outer ones longer and sharper. 



In moss, dead leaves, fungi, &c.; common and generally distributed throiighont the 

 kingdom. 



K. subsinuata, Er. (riistica, Brisout, casfanipes, W. C, Acrotona 

 fimetaria, Thorns., Colpodota (Solenia) suhsinuata, Muls. et Rey). 

 Black, with front parts somewhat dull, elytra black or pitchy black, and 

 the apex of hind body pitchy ; distinguished from the allied species by 

 its small head, and the closer punctuation of the hind body, and also by 

 the fact that the hind body is distinctly less narrowed towards apex; 

 head only about half as broad as tliorax ; antennae blackish with first 



