Briiish Species of Homalota. 117 



Ohs. I. — The punctuation and pubescence of this species 

 are entirely those of an Oxypoda, to which genus it ap- 

 proaches, moreover, in the structure of its posterior 

 tarsi. 



Ohs. II. — Kraatz says that H. fallax is found exclu- 

 sively on the coast ; this would raise a suspicion that 

 his species is not the same as the one I have described 

 above. I have never seen a foreign example of H. fallax, 

 Kr., but can find no discrepancy between Kraatz's de- 

 scription and my numerous specimens from Hammer- 

 smith. I am not aware that the species has ever been 

 found on the coast in this country. 



Group lY. Male ivithout tubercle or heel on the sixth 

 segment ; abdomen ivith the sixth segment nearly impunc- 

 tate, the others pretty closely punctured, the fifth oftefi more 

 sparingly than the fourth. (Species 20 — 27). 



A natural group, the species of which live among moss 

 and leaves, in damp, and sometimes in muddy places. 

 H. elongatula is often found in great numbers, running 

 on the banks of rivers and ponds. 



20. Homalota luridipennis. 



Lata, sat depressa, nigro-fusca, antennarum basi ely- 

 tris pedibus anoque testaceis, abdominis segmentorum 

 marginibus ferrugineis, confertim subtiliter punctata ; 

 thorace transversira subquadrato; abdomine supra seg- 

 mentis 2-4 confertim subtiliter punctatis, 5° sparsim 

 punctate, 6° fere Igevigato. Long. 2 lin. 



Mas ; abdomine segmento 7° dorsali apice medio levi- 

 ter emarginato, ventrali recurvo, valde triangulariter 

 producto, apice ipso emarginato-truncato. 



Fern. ; segmento 7° dorsali apice medio obsoletissime 

 emarginato, ventrali apice rotundato. 



Bolitochara luridipennis, Man. Precis, p. 77 ; H. luri- 

 dipennis, Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 221 ; Atheta producta, 

 (Muls.), Th. Sk. Col. iii. m. 



A large, broad, rather dull, and depressed species. 

 Antennee moderately long and stout, a little thickened 

 towards the apex, fuscous, with the base lighter ; joints 



