British Species of liomalota. Ill 



Mas ; abdomine segmento 7° ventrali producto, apice 

 I'otundato. 



Fern.; segmento 7° ventrali apice medio emarginato. 

 H. imbecilla, Wat. Proc. Bnt. Soc. Lond. 1858, p. 16. 



A moderate-sized, depressed, rather brightly coloured 

 species. The antennae are much longer than the head and 

 thorax, moderately stout, scarcely at all thickened to- 

 wards the apex, the length of each joint greater than its 

 breadth ; first joint rather stout ; two and three more 

 slender than it, of about equal length ; four shorter than 

 three, five rather longer than four; five to ten differing 

 but little from one another in length and breadth, the 

 length of each distinctly greater than its breadth; 

 eleventh joint oblong-ovate, elongate, quite as long as 

 the two preceding joints together. Head nearly black, 

 suborbiculate, a little narrowed in front, narrower than 

 the thorax, finely but not densely punctured. Thorax 

 pitchy-black, narrower than the elytra, a little broader 

 than long, slightly narrowed behind, finely and rather 

 densely punctured, and with an obsolete impression be- 

 hind. Elytra a little longer than the thorax, their length 

 scarcely equal to their breadth, thickly and not altogether 

 finely punctured. Abdomen with distinct and not very 

 fine pubescence, all the segments pretty densely and 

 finely punctured, the sixth segment, however, rather 

 more sparingly than the anterior ones, the seventh seg- 

 ment, and hind part of the sixth, reddish-yellow. Legs 

 yellow. 



In the male, the under plate of the seventh segment 

 of the abdomen is considerably produced, and its hind 

 margin gently rounded, while in the female it is broadly 

 and distinctly emarginate. 



Found rarely, under sea-weed, in various parts of the 

 south of England, Brighton, Lymington, Chatham, 



Obs. — This species occurs in various parts of France, 

 and is generally called meridionalis, Muls., which is, 

 however (according to Kraatz) a darker coloured species 

 with shorter penultimate joints to the antennse, &c. M. 

 Brisout de Barneville has forwarded me a specimen taken 

 at Hyeres, with the remark, that it is stated by Kraatz 

 to be " pas meridionalis, Muls.'^ 



15. Homalota luteipes. 



Nigra, antennis elongatis piceis, elytris ferrugineis, 

 pedibus testaceis ; capite angusto ; thorace subquadrato. 



