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33. Homalota crassicornis. 



Nigro-picea, nitidula, antennis fusco-testaceis, basi di- 

 lutiore, elytris testaceo-brunneis^ pedibus testaceis ; tho- 

 race transversim subquadrato; elytris thorace paulo long- 

 ioribus, alutaceis ; abdomine supra antice parcius punc- 

 tato, apice Isevigato. Long. If lin. 



Mas; thorace medio late bi-impresso, abdomine seg- 

 mento 7° dorsali confertim granulato^ utrinque apicem 

 versus granulo dentiformi majore, margine apicali medio 

 obtuse acuminato. 



Fern. ; abdomine segmento 7° supra et infra late ro- 

 tundato. 



Aleochara crassicornis, Gyll. Ins. Suec. iv. 486; Lio- 

 gluta crassicornis, Th. Sk. Col. iii. 56. H. granigera, 

 Kies. Stet. Ent. Zeit. xi. 218; Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 207. 



A shining and brightly coloured species, narrow (espe- 

 cially in front) in comparison with its length. The an- 

 tennae are rather long, not stout, thickened towards the 

 apex; joints two and three long and slender, three longer 

 than two, four to ten differing but little in length, but 

 each one a little broader than its predecessor, the fourth 

 and following joints longer than broad, but the tenth 

 scarcely so long as broad ; eleventh about as long as the 

 two preceding joints. Head considerably narrower than 

 the thorax ; shining, nearly black, rather sparingly punc- 

 tured, the punctures rather large but very shallow. 

 The thorax is a little narrower than the elytra; pitchy- 

 black, and rather shining; nearly a third broader than 

 long, not narrowed behind, its punctuation rather sparing 

 and shallow, but distinct; in the male with a broad im- 

 pression on the disc. The elytra are a Httle longer than 

 the thorax, of a testaceous brown colour, obscurely darker 

 about the base and towards the margins, alutaceous. The 

 abdomen is pitchy-black, with the posterior edges of the 

 segments more or less pale, shining, the basal segments 

 very sparingly punctured; fifth and sixth segments nearly 

 impunctate. Legs yellow. 



In the male, the thorax has a broad impression on the 

 disc, formed by two longitudinal impressions nearly united. 

 The seventh segment of the abdomen is thickly sprinkled 

 with very distinct granulations, one of these on each side 

 at the apex being larger and thickened at the front; its 



