British Species of HoDialota. 149 



44. Honialota suhglahra. 



Nitidula, laigraj elytris pedibusque piceo-testaceisj sub- 

 tiliter baud confertim punctata, subtiliter pubescens; 

 antennis apicem versus leviter incrassatis, articulis 7-10 

 transversis ; thorace transversim subquadrato ; abdomine 

 basi parce obsolete punctato, apice la^vigato. Long. 

 14- lin. 



Mas ; structura abdominali femina vix distinguitur. 



Rather broader than H. palustris, more robustly built, 

 and more shining. The antennas are black, stout in pro- 

 portion to the size of the insect, but little longer than 

 the head and thorax, distinctly but not greatly thickened 

 towards the apex ; the basal three joints rather slender 

 and elongate, the second longer than the third ; from the 

 fourth to the tenth, each joint is distinctly broader than 

 its predecessor, seven to ten transverse; eleventh joint 

 gently pointed, moderately long, about twice the length 

 of the tenth. Head black and shining, narrower than 

 the thorax, a little narrower behind the eyes, which are 

 rather prominent, finely pubescent, and almost impunc- 

 tate. The thorax is narrower than the elytra, fully one- 

 third broader than long, the anterior angles gently 

 rounded, the sides nearly straight, not narrowed behind, 

 its punctuation extremely fine and not dense, without 

 channel or fovea. Elytra dusky-testaceous, darker to- 

 wards the base and angles, half as long again as the 

 thorax, shining, the sculpture finely alutaceous. The 

 abdomen is black and shining, the basal segments spar- 

 ingly and not distinctly punctured, the apical ones 

 impunctate. The legs are of a pitchy-testaceous colour. 



The male is scarcely to be distinguished from the 

 female, except by the fact that the upper and under 

 plates of the seventh segment of the abdomen are nar- 

 rower than in the female . 



This species is rare, and found only among the Scotch 

 mountains. Rannoch, Strath Cannich, Arran, Thorn- 

 hill. 



Ohs. — A specimen of this species, sent by Mr. Crotch 

 to Herr Thomson, was returned by him with a label 

 attached, marked " mnhonatce affinis.^^ I think, however, 

 it is better placed near monticola, from which it is distin- 

 guished by its much smaller size, finer punctuation, and 

 absence of marked male characters. 



