Ilomdloia.] .stapiiylinidj:, 141 



less oLscnicly ligliter ; iilliea to H.fuvr/i, Lut much smaller, and pro- 

 portionately broader ; head rather broad and short, finely and indistinctly 

 punctured, antennae yellowish, or pitchy with yellowish base, distinctly 

 thickened towards apex^ third joint nearly as long as second, 4-5 about 

 as long as broad, G-10 transverse, the latter naoderately strongly so, 

 eleventh joint stout nearly as long as the two preceding together ; "thorax 

 at base as broad as elytra, nearly twice as broad as long, narrowed in 

 front, finely and rather closely punctured, with or without obsolete 

 central channel ; elytra longer than thorax, closely but very distinctly 

 punctnred ; hind body with segments 2-4 closely and distinctly punc- 

 tured, fifth rather more sparingly, sixth sparingly, punctured ; legs 

 l)itchy testaceous, tibiae without outstanding setse. L. H mm. 



Sexual differences obscure ; male with the ventral plate of seventh 

 segment of hind body a little more produced than in female. 



lu moss, liaystack refuse, dead leaves, &e. ; very rare; Slieeruess (J. J. Walker)- 

 \Veybridge (Champion) ; Hammersmith Marshes ; Sheppy ; Seatou Beach, Devon 

 (Power); Holm Bush, near Brighton (Power). 



H. cribrata, Kr. (suh-gen. Microdot a {Pycyiota), Muls. etRey). A 

 very small and distinct species, bearing a sort of resemblance to 

 Bmclnda nofha ; it might well be placed in a group by itself : it is dis- 

 tinguished by its short broad form and the coarse sculpture of the head, 

 thorax, and elytra ; head rather broad, distinctly punctured ; antennae 

 pitchy, rather short, but not very stout, second joint stout, much 

 longer and thicker than third, 4-10 each a little broader than the 

 preceding, and gradually more transverse, eleventh rather short and 

 stout, not quite as long as the two preceding ; thorax nearly as broad at 

 base as elytra, nearly twice as broad as long, with sides and base rounded, 

 narrowed in front, closely and distinctly punctured ; elytra longer than 

 thorax, rather strongly, although closely, punctured, punctuation^slicrhtly 

 rugose, pubescence more distinct than on head and thorax ; hind body 

 broad, with sides somewhat rounded, distinctly narrowed to apex 

 segments 2-4 finely and distinctly punctured, fifth more sparingly, sixth' 

 very sparingly, punctured ; legs pitchy testaceous. L. \\ mm.° 



]\rale with ventral plate of seventh segment of hind body considera- 

 bly more produced than in female. 



Ill moss, dead leaves, &e. ; very rare; Shirley, near Croydon (Sliarp) • Scot- 

 iMiid bohvay district and Dee district (Braemar) (Sharp), Aviemore (Champion) 

 iMr. Horner lecords the species doubtfully from Sherwood Forest. 



SCKZSTOGZ.OSSA, Erichson. 



Tiiis genus contains one European species, whicli is cliiefly separated 

 from Homalota because of its mandibles, which are bifid or bidontate at 

 apex ; it is extremely rare as Lritisli ; in appearance it somewhat 

 resembles llomaluia eremita, Eye, which was at.lirst mistaken for it 



