British Sjy-'cies of Ilomalota. 163 



57. Homalota rufo-testacca. 



Rufo-testacea, capite abdomineque cingulo piceis ; 

 capite thorace elytrisque alutaceisj obsolete vix evidenter 

 punctatis; abdomine nitidulo, laevigato. Long. 1^ lin. 



H. rufo-testacea, Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 245. H. atrica- 

 pilla, Muls. Opusc. i. 21 {nee Boliem.); Aleuonota atrica- 

 Ijilla, Th. Sk. Col. iii. 53. 



A brightly coloured, rather narrow species, with stout 

 antennas. These are entirely yellow, thickened towards 

 the apex; second joint distinctly longer than the third, 

 four to ten each strongly transverse, and each broader 

 than its predecessor; eleventh joint nearly as long as the 

 two preceding ones. Head pitchy, with the mandibles 

 and palpi yellow, narrow in proportion to its length, nar- 

 rower than the thorax, its sides nearly parallel, obsoletely 

 punctured. The thorax is narrower than the elytra, about 

 as broad as long, slightly narrowed behind, rather dull, 

 alutaceous, very obsoletely punctured, and with a fine and 

 not very distinct longitudinal channel. The elytra are 

 about a third longer than the thorax, alutaceous. The 

 abdomen is reddish-yellow, the fifth segment and base of 

 the sixth pitchy, shining and impunctate. Legs yellow. 



I am unable to give any characters for the male of this 

 species ; I have, indeed, seen but one British specimen, 

 which was taken at Mickleham, by Mr. Champion. Its 

 narrower and less depressed form, and indistinctly punc- 

 tured head and thorax, readily distinguish it from H. 

 elegantula. 



58. Homalota sple)idens. 



Linearis, sat convexa, nitidula, fere impunctata, picea, 

 capite nigro, elytris brunneo-testaceis, antennis ano pe- 

 dibusque testaceis; thorace subquadrato, elytris hoc pau- 

 lo longioribus. Long. Ij lin. 



H. splendens, Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 246, 



A narrow, shining, delicately pubescent, and almost 

 impunctate species, with stout entirely yellow antennae. 

 These are thickened towai'ds the apex, third joint nearly 

 as long as the second, four a little broader than three, 

 transverse and very short, four to ten each broader 



