136 Dr. Sharp's Bemsion of the 



hind margin is thickened and a little produced in tho 

 middle^ Avhich forms, therefore, an obtuse angle. The 

 head also has sometimes a broad impression. 



Of this species, I have seen only three British speci- 

 mens; they were taken by me in Inverness-shire. They 

 agree specifically with specimens of H. gramgcra, sent by 

 Ejt-aatz to the British Museum. 



Obs. — This species is closely allied to Il.pagana, but is 

 smaller and narrower, especially in front, it is darker in 

 colour and more shining; the hind margin of the seventh 

 segment is of a different shape in the male, and the large 

 granulation on each side at the apex is thickened at its 

 forward end — a slight, but apparently very constant, 

 character. 



34. Homalota pagana. 



Picea, antice subnitida, antennis fuscis, basi pedibusque 

 testaceis, elytris testaceo-brunneis ; thorace subquadrato, 

 elytris hoc paulo longioribus ; abdomine supra basi parce 

 punctate, apice Igevigato. Long. 2-2j lin. 



Mas; abdomine segmento 7° dorsali confertim granu- 

 lato, apicem versus utrinque granule dentiformi, apice 

 ipso late rotundato, fere truncate. 



Fern.; segmento 7° supra et infra apice late rotundato. 



H. pagana, Er. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 83 ; Kr. Ins. 

 Deutsch. ii. 206; Wat. Cat. Liogluta arvicola, Th. Sk. 

 Col. iii. 55. 



A large and peculiarly coloured species. The antennae 

 are long, and moderately stout, but little thickened to- 

 wards the apex ; pitchy in colour, with the base testaceous ; 

 basal joint stout, two and three rather long, thi'ee longer 

 than two, four to ten diifering but little in length, the 

 length of each greater than its breadth; the eleventh 

 about as long as the two preceding. Head nearly black, 

 rather broad, but considerably narrower than the thorax ; 

 its punctuation distinct, but not close. Thorax of a pitchy- 

 yellow colour, a little broader than long, a little narrower 

 than the elytra, slightly narrowed behind, distinctly and 

 pretty closely punctured. The elytra are a little longer 

 than the thorax, and lighter in colour than it, their sculp- 

 ture close and fine, alutaceous (the German expression 

 for this is " lederartig," like leather). The abdomen is 



