3.44 Dr.' Sharp's Ilev'ision of the 



In tlie female, botli the upper and under plates of the 

 seventh segment are simple, and with the hind margin 

 broadly rounded. 



I have seen only two specimens, S and $ , that I can 

 certainly refer to this species ; most of the specimens 

 representing it in our collections belong to the next 

 species ; a male specimen of H. occulta, sent by Kraatz 

 to the British Museum, agrees altogether with these two. 



40. Howalota fungivora. 



Linearis, subdepressa, nigra, elytris obscure fuscis, 

 pedibvis fusco-testaceis ; sculptura subtiliore ; antennis 

 apicem versus paulo incrassatis ; thorace transversim 

 subquadi-ato, basin versvis subangustato 5 abdomine supra 

 basi parce punctate, apice fere IfBvigato. Long. Ij-H 

 lin. 



Mas; antennis articulo 3° incrassato, capite late im- 

 presso, abdomine segment© 7° dorsali lateribus eviden- 

 ter elevatis, apice rotundato truncate, minus evidenter 

 incrassato. 



Btssohia fungivora, Th. Sk. Col. ix. 260. 



This species is extremely closely allied to H. occulta, 

 and is, perhaps, not really distinct from it. H.fiingivora is 

 smaller, has joints four to six of the antennae narrower in 

 proportion to the following ones, so that the antennse 

 appear more thickened towards the extremity than in 

 H. occulta ; the impression on the front of the head is 

 broader and larger, the thorax appears a little less trans- 

 verse, and more narrowed behind, and the posterior 

 margin of the seventh segment in the male is not broadly 

 emarginate, but is nearly straight, and shows sometimes, 

 in the middle, traces of a very minute notch; its upper 

 surface also generally bears a broad, indistinct, longitu- 

 dinal channel. These characters, however, all appear to 

 vary somewhat, and, as I have said above, H. fungivora 

 may ultimately prove to be a variety of H. occulta. I 

 have not, however, seen a sufficient series of the larger 

 species to enable me to express a positive opinion. 



H. fungivora is pretty generally distributed over the 

 country, but is not common ; it is found in fungi, especially 

 when growing on the stumps of trees, in autumn. 



Obs. — Mr. Crotch has submitted to me a specimen of 

 H. fungivora forwarded to him by Herr Thomson ; this 

 agrees altogether with my British specimens. 



