116 Dr. Sharp's Revision of the 



19. Homalota fallase. » 



Linearis, opaca, omnium subtilissime confertissimeque 

 punctata, pube brevissima densius vestita, nigra, elytris 

 ferrugineis, antennis fusco-testaceis, pedibus testaceis ; 

 an tennis apicem versus vix incrassatis ; capite thoraceque 

 elytris vix angustioribus ; thorace subquadrato ; elytris 

 hoc paulo longioribus; abdomine opaco, undique subtilis- 

 sime confertissimeque punctate. Long. lj-l| lin. 



Mas; abdomine segmento 7° ventrali angustiore, et 

 magis producto. 



Fern. ; abdomine segmento 7° ventrali apice, supra et 

 infra, rotundato. 



H.fallax, Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 227. 



A remarkable species ; its punctuation and pubescence 

 being rather those of an Oxypoda than a Homalota. An- 

 tennae moderately stout, scarcely thickened towards the 

 apex ; third joint a little shorter than the second ; four 

 to ten differing but little from one another in length, 

 but each one slightly broader than the preceding ; the first 

 of them distinctly, the last of them scarcely, longer than 

 broad; eleventh joint not quite twice as long as the 

 tenth. Head but little narrower than the thorax, a little 

 broader behind the eyes, extremely densely and finely 

 punctured. Thorax scarcely narrower than the elytra, sub- 

 quadrate ; a little broader than long, scarcely narrowed 

 behind, with a shallow impression in the middle in front 

 of the base, from which proceeds a very indistinct channel ; 

 extremely densely and finely punctured. Elytra but 

 little longer than the thorax, lighter in colour than it 

 and the head, brownish, darker towards the base, their 

 length scarcely so great as their width, very densely and 

 finely punctured. The abdomen is very dull ; all the 

 segments extremely densely and finely punctured, and 

 entirely covered with a very short dense pubescence ; 

 the posterior margins of the segments and the anus 

 brownish. Legs reddish-testaceous, the posterior tarsi 

 long and slender, their basal joint being nearly twice as 

 long as the second. 



In the male, the under plate of the seventh segment 

 of the abdomen is much narrower, and is more produced 

 than in the female. 



The only locality I know for this remarkable species 

 is Hammersmith Marshes, near London ; where it was 

 formerly not uncommon among dead leaves in winter 

 and spring. 



