154 Dr. Sharp's Bevision of the 



A rather flat, parallel species, with very bright colour- 

 ed elytra. Antennge moderately long and stout, gently 

 thickened towards the apex, the two or three basal joints 

 reddish-yellow, the rest pitchy; joints two and three 

 moderately long and stout, of about equal length, four 

 and five nearly equal to one another, each longer than 

 broad, six about as long as broad, seven to ten a little 

 transverse; eleventh joint about twice as long as the 

 tenth. Palpi obscurely testaceous. Head a little nar- 

 rower than the thorax, dull ; the upper surface not con- 

 vex, deeply impressed in the male, its sculpture fine, close 

 and indistinct. Thorax variable in colour, black, reddish 

 or yellow; scarcely narrower than the elytra, but little 

 broader than long, very little narrowed behind, very fine- 

 ly and densely punctured, with a distinct central longitu- 

 dinal channel. The elytra are but little longer than the 

 thorax, reddish-yellow, slightly obscured about the scu- 

 telium, very thickly and finely punctured. The abdomen 

 is black, and, with the exception of the sixth segment, 

 dull, segments two to five are densely and finely punc- 

 tured, sixth segment rather sparingly punctured. Legs 

 yellow. 



In the male, the sixth segment of the abdomen has on 

 the upper surface ten or twelve small elevations, irregu- 

 larly placed ; the seventh segment is furnished before the 

 apex with a row of four short raised lines, and the hind 

 margin itself has in the middle two other lines projecting 

 a little beyond the margin, and on each side of these are 

 one or two similar, but much smaller, and more indistinct 

 lines. 



Found in damp places both in England and Scotland, 

 but not common. 



Ohs. — The brightly coloured elytra and legs, together 

 with the flat parallel form, and the close and fine punc- 

 tuation of this species, should prevent its being confound- 

 ed with any other of the genus. 



49. Homalota linearis. 



Subnitida, nigra, antennis basi testaceis, apicem versus 

 infuscatis, elytris brunneis, pedibus anoque testaceis ; ca- 

 pite canaliculato ; thorace subquadrato, canaliculate; ely- 

 tris hoc paulo longioribus, evidenter, sat crebre, punc- 

 tatis ; abdomine basi vix crebre punctato, apice fere laevi- 

 gato. Long. 1^ lin. 



