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45. Homalota incana. 



Sat depressa, subopaca, nigra, antennis basi testaceis, 

 apice pedibusque fuscis, harum genubus tarsisque dilu- 

 tioribus, confertim fortiter punctata ; thorace transversim 

 subquadratOj elytris angustiore ; abdomine crebre fortiter 

 punctato, apice granulate. Long, 1^ lin. 



Mas; abdomine segmento 5° supra subtiliter, 6° at 

 7° fortiter granulatis, hujus apice extreme laevigato. 



Fern. ; abdomine segmentis 5 et 6 obsolete vix evi- 

 denter granulatis. 



JT. incana, Er. Kiif. Brand, i. 329; Gen. et Spec. 

 Staph. 109; Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 236; Wat. Cat.; Ali- 

 anta incana, Th. Sk. Col. iii. 44. 



A peculiar, dull species. The antennae are testaceous 

 at the base, more or less darkened towards the apex, 

 short, about the length of the head and thorax, thickened 

 towai'ds the apex; first joint longer than the second or 

 third, three a little shorter and narrower than two ; four 

 about as long as broad ; from this to the tenth, each 

 joint is broader than the foregoing one, seven to ten dis- 

 tinctly transverse ; the eleventh joint about twice as long 

 as the tenth. Head a little narrower than the thorax, 

 dull, sometimes with an impression in the middle ; its 

 punctuation pretty close, but indistinct. Thorax con- 

 siderably narrower than the elytra, nearly a third broader 

 than long, a little narrowed behind, dull, its punctuation 

 indistinct, sometimes with an impression or channel in 

 the middle in front of the scutellum. The elytra are 

 nearly one-half longer than the thorax, the sculpture 

 dense and distinct, consisting of small numerous granu- 

 lations. The basal segments of the abdomen are closely 

 and distinctly punctured, from the fourth segment to 

 the seventh the sculpture consists of distinct fine granu- 

 lations, the fourth less distinctly granulate than the 

 following ones. The legs are pitchy, the tarsi and knees 

 indistinctly paler than the other parts ; the posterior 

 tarsi are stout, and rather short. 



In the male, the fourth to sixth segments of the abdo- 

 men are moderately shining, the extreme apex of the 

 seventh segment is quite smooth and shining, in front 

 of this shining space is a row of four large indistinct 



