132 Dr. Sharp's Revision of the 



31. Homalota silvicola. 



Nigra, nitidulaj antennis validis, piceo-testaceis, basi 

 dilutiore, articulo ultimo magno, conico; thorace sub- 

 quadrato ; elytris thorace paulo longioribus, Isete brunneis, 

 evidentius punctatis ; abdomine supra basi distincte minus 

 crebre punctato, apice fere laevigato ; pedibus testaceis. 

 Long. l|-2i lin. 



Mas; abdomine segmento 7° ventrali producto, angus- 

 tato, apice rotundato. 



Fem. ; segmento 7° ventrali haud producto, apice lato, 

 vix rotundato. 



R. silvicola, Fuss, Berl. Ent. Zeit. xii. 1868, p. 353. 

 H. hypnoTuni, Sharp, Trans. Bnt. Soc. Lond. 3rd ser. v. 

 450 ; Liogluta hyj^norum, Th. Sk. Col. ix. 265 (forte). 



N.B. — -Species antennarum prothoracisque structura 

 variabilis. 



A large fine species, with remarkable antennae ; these 

 are stout and thickened towards the apex, bright reddish- 

 testaceous at the base, and more or less infuscate towards 

 the apex; the first joint stout, two and three moderate- 

 ly long, the latter a little the longer ; in difi'erent speci- 

 mens the intermediate joints of the antennae differ con- 

 siderably in length, the fourth is sometimes a little 

 longer than broad, sometimes even broader than long; 

 after the fourth, the joints differ but little from another 

 in length, but each one is a little broader than its pre- 

 decessor, more so in some specimens than others ; the 

 intermediate joints are more or less ti'ans verse, the tenth 

 always broader than long, sometimes strongly transverse, 

 the eleventh is stout and remarkably long, about as 

 long as the three preceding joints ; it is of a more or 

 less dusky testaceous colour, and generally lighter in 

 colour than the preceding joints. The head is rather 

 small, much smaller than the thorax; black and shining, 

 finely and sparingly punctured. The thorax is somewhat 

 narrower than the elytra, variable in length, sometimes 

 nearly as long as broad, sometimes one-third broader than 

 long ; very little narrowed behind, pretty finely and not 

 densely punctured; with an impression in front of the 

 scutellum, from which proceeds a short, more or less 

 distinct channel. The elytra are a little longer than the 

 thorax, of a bright brownish colour, indistinctly darker 

 about the scutellum and at the apical margins ; thickly 



