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rowed in front, and paler legs, &c. I cannot say, how- 

 ever, that the insect from Madeira agrees with the 

 specimens of thinohioides from Kraatz in the British 

 Museum, not having had an opportunity of comparing 

 them. 



11. Homalota delicatula. 



Linearis, depressa, fusca, elytris dilutioribus, antennis 

 pedibusque testaceis, supra dense subtilissime punctata; 

 antennis elongatis, apicem versus haud incrassatis ; abdo- 

 mine supra dense subtilissime aequaliter punctato. Long, 

 flin. 



Very much of the size and appearance of H. subtilis- 

 sima, but really allied to S. longida, of which, however, 

 it is only one-half the size. Fuscous, with the elytra 

 paler, the antennee and legs testaceous. Antennae nearly 

 as long as the head, thorax, and elytra ; not thickened 

 towards the apex, the length of each joint greater than 

 the breadth, joint two longer than three, four shorter than 

 three, five to ten differing little in length, the eleventh 

 oblong, about one-third longer than the tenth. Head 

 subquadrate, scarcely narrower than the thorax, very 

 little narrowed in front, densely but very finely punctured. 

 Thorax scarcely narrower than the elytra, its length 

 about equal to its breadth, a little narrowed behind, 

 densely and very obsoletely punctured. Elytra paler 

 than the head and thorax, one-third longer than the latter, 

 very densely and finely punctured. Abdomen with all the 

 segments above equally densely and very finely punc- 

 tured. Legs pale testaceous. 



I have not been able clearly to distinguish the male 

 from the female ; probably the differences are the same 

 as in H. Jongida. In some examples^ the head and thorax 

 are channelled, in others not. 



Extremely rare. Found by me on the banks of the 

 Nith, at Thornhill, and by Mr. Crotch, at Eannoch. 



Ohs. — This species can only be confounded with H. 

 suhtilissima or H. longula; from the former, its long an- 

 tennge and densely punctured abdomen readily distin- 

 guish it. It is only half the size of H. longida, is of a 

 much paler colour, and the punctuation of the abdomen 

 is not quite so dense and fine. 



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