British Species of Hotnalota. 97 



3. Homalota insecta. 



Fusco-picea, subdepressa, subnitida, subtiliter punc- 

 tata, autennarum basi pedibusque testaceis, elytris fuscis ; 

 thorace basin versus angustato, medio canaliculate ; ab- 

 domine supra segmentis 2-5 dense subtiliter punctatis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 



Mas ; abdomine segmento sexto medio tuberculo 

 acuto, 7° apice denticulis 4 instructo. 



H. insecta, Tli. Ofv. Vet. Ac. Forh. 1856, p. 93 ; Aloco- 

 nota insecta, Tli. Sk. Col. iii. 8. H. languida, Scriba, 

 Berl. Ent. Zeit. 1866, p. 379. 



A species nearly as large as H. currax, but narrower 

 in proportion to its length than that species. Antennae 

 pitchy-testaceous, with the base paler ; moderately stout, 

 and evidently, though not 'strongly, thickened towards 

 the apex : first, second, and third joints elongate, of 

 about equal length ; fourth to ninth each of about equal 

 length, but each one a little thicker than the preceding, 

 so that though the length of the fourth joint is much 

 greater than its width, the ninth is about as broad as 

 long ; tenth scarcely transverse ; eleventh oblong-ovate, 

 nearly twice as long as the tenth. Palpi testaceous. 

 Head a little narrower than the thorax, much narrower 

 than the elytra, with a distinct longitudinal impression on 

 the upper surface ; finely punctured. Thorax narrower 

 than the elytra, its length about equal to its breadth, the 

 sides rounded in front, then distinctly narrowed from the 

 middle towards the base, thickly and finely punctured, 

 and with a distinct channel along the middle. Elytra 

 narrower at the shoulders than at the apex, a little 

 longer than the thorax, lighter in colour than the head 

 and thorax, thickly and finely punctured. Abdomen with 

 segments 2-5 evenly, and rather densely, and finely, 

 punctured; sixth shining and nearly impunctate, ex- 

 tremity of seventh a little paler. Legs yellow. 



The male has a distinct tubercle in the middle of the 

 sixth segment above, and the apex of the seventh seg- 

 ment furnished with four small indistinct teeth, varying 

 in the extent of their development, and sometimes very 

 obsolete. 



This species is closely allied to H. pavens, Er. It is 

 on the average a little larger, has the head and the 

 thorax more shining and more sparingly punctured, the 

 antennae not so much thickened towards the apex, and 



