British Species of Homalota. 15^ 



Mas; fronte antice late impressa. 



Aleochara linearis, Grav. Micr. 69 ; H. linearis, Er. Gen. 

 et Spec. Staph. 91 ; Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 240; Wat. Cat,; 

 Dinarcea linearis, Th. Sk. Col. ii. 291. 



A good deal like H. cequata, but much more shining, 

 with more sparingly punctured abdomen^ &c. Antennae 

 moderately stoutj a little thickened towards the apex, 

 furnished distinctly with projecting hairs, the basal three 

 joints yellow, the others dirty yellow; first joint stout, 

 two and three of nearly equal length, fourth joint not so 

 broad as the fifth, six to ten each broader than long ; 

 eleventh about half as long again as the tenth. Head a 

 little narrower than the thorax, not very shining, flat 

 above, with a longitudinal impression on the middle; in 

 the male, with a broad shallow impression between the 

 eyes; rather sparingly and not distinctly punctured. 

 Thorax but little narrower than the elytra, about one- 

 fourth broader than long, slightly narrowed behind, 

 moderately shining, pretty densely and finely punctate, 

 with a broad and distinct longitudinal channel. Elytra 

 a little longer than the thorax, brown, punctuation more 

 evident than on the head and thorax. Abdomen with 

 segments two to four rather sparingly and finely punc- 

 tured, five and six almost impunctate and shining, apex 

 obscurely testaceous. Legs yellow. 



It is not easy to distinguish the male from the female 

 by the structure of the abdomen ; but, in the former sex, 

 the front of the head is broadly impressed. 



Generally distributed in England and Scotland : found 

 under bark of dead trees, and in moss in woods. 



50. Homalota pilicornis. 



Subdepressa, nitidula, antennis verticillato-pilosis, ni- 

 gra, antennarum basi pedibus anoque rufo-testaceis, ely- 

 tris brunneis; thorace transversim subquadrato; abdo- 

 mine segmentis 2-4 subtiliter hand crebre punctatis, 

 5° parce punctate, 6° fere laevigato. Long. 1| lin. 



Mas ; abdomine segmento 7° dorsali margine posteriore 

 incrassato, obsoletissime crenulato ; ventrali apice ro- 

 tundato. 



Fern.; abdomine segmento 7° dorsali apice late obsolete 

 emarginato, angulis externis acutis ; ventrali apice medio 

 emarginato. 



TRANS. ENT. SOC. 1869. PAKT II. (MAY) N 



