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ten differing but little in length and breadth^ the first 

 three or four of them each about as long as broad^ the 

 remainder slightly transverse; eleventh joint oblong, 

 rather long, twice as long as the tenth. Head broad, 

 about as broad as the thorax, straight behind, the poster- 

 ior angles nearly right angles, flat, and dullish above, 

 punctuation indistinct and sparing. Thorax as long as 

 broad, narrower than the elytra, evidently narrowed be- 

 hind, flat above, sometimes even with the disc depressed, 

 rather dull, obsoletely and sparingly punctured. Elytra 

 a third longer than the thorax, longer than broad, indis- 

 tinctly and not densely punctured, the punctuation more 

 evident than on the head and thorax. Abdomen black, 

 a little narrowed at the base, punctuation sparing, and 

 scarcely visible. Thighs pitchy ; tibiee and tarsi testaceous. 



I am unable satisfactorily to distinguish tlie males from 

 the females of this species. 



Rather common in the North under the bark of fir trees ; 

 more rare in the South. 



Ohs. — A specimen of H. imTnersa sent by Kraatz to the 

 British Museum is undoubtedly identical specifically with 

 our British ones; according to descriptions, however, 

 our specimens appear to be darker than Continental ones. 



61. Homalota crihr 



iceps. 



Lata, subdepressa, nitidula, nigro-picea, antennarum 

 basi pedibusque testaceis, elytris luteis, angulis apicis 

 infuscatis ; capite postice crebre fortiter punctate ; tho- 

 race transverse, lateribus rotundatis, basin versus angus- 

 tato, crebre fortiter punctate, medio que late impresso ; 

 abdomine supra basi sat crebre, apice parce, punctate. 

 Long. 1^ lin. 



A most remarkable species, to be compared with no 

 other ; allied by the form of its head to H. plana ; broad, 

 flat, and shining, pitchy-black, with the base of the an- 

 tennae, the legs, and the elytra, except the apical angles, 

 yellow. The antennjB are yellow at the base, infuscate 

 outwards, rather short, stout, thickened towards the 

 apex ; third joint quite as long as the second, fourth 

 nearly quadrate, much narrower than the fifth, fifth to 

 tenth strongly transverse ; eleventh joint stovit, as long' 

 as the two preceding. Head nearly black, shining, nar- 



