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shining, pitchy; the fourth, fifth and sixth segments 

 darker than the base and apex, the basal segments very 

 sparingly punctured, the apical ones impunctate. The 

 legs are yellow. 



In the male, the third joint of the antennee is a little 

 stouter than in the female, and the antennge are altogether 

 a little longer and stouter ; the seventh segment of the 

 abdomen is sprinkled above with distinct granulations, 

 one of these on each side at the apex being longer and 

 more distinct than the others ; the hind margin is thick- 

 ened, and nearly truncate. 



Not common, but it occurs in various parts of England 

 and Scotland. London; the Cheviots; Strath Cannich. 



Ohs. — In this species the second, third, and fourth joints 

 of the antennse are furnished on the inside with numerous 

 fine white hairs ; this character is common, in a greater 

 or less degree, to the males of several species of the genus, 

 but is more easily seen in H. pagana than in others. 



35. Homalota graminicola. 



Nigra, nitidula, antennis piceis, pedibus piceo-testa- 

 ceis ; thorace transversim subquadrato, basi impresso ; 

 elytris evidenter punctatis ; abdomine supra basi parcius 

 punctate, segmentis 5 et 6 fere leevigatis. Long. 1§ lin. 



Mas; capite impresso, thorace basi late foveolato, 

 elytris confertim fortiter granulatis, abdomine supra seg- 

 mento 6° granulis sparsim, 7° confertim asperate, hoc 

 apice truncate et subtiliter crenulato ; 7° ventrali pro- 

 ducto, apicem versus angustato, apice ipso excise. 



Fern. ; segmento 7° ventrali apice late rotundato. 



Aleochara graminicola, Grav. Mon. 176 ; H. gramini- 

 cola, Er. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 81 ; Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 

 212; Wat. Cat.; Atheta graminicola, Th. Sk. Col. iii. 62. 



Var. — Elytris castaneis, antennis pedibusque rufo-tes- 

 taceis. 



A black shining species, with the sculpture of the 

 elytra coarse and distinct. Antennse slender, rather long, 

 but little thickened towards the apex, pitchy; joints two 

 and three moderately long, three a little longer than two ; 

 four to ten differing but little in length, the length of 

 each greater than its breadth ; eleventh joint about 



