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rowed behind the eyes, which are very hirge and promi- 

 nent, very coarsely and closely punctured, but with a 

 smooth impunctate space in the front. Thorax nearly as 

 broad as the elytra, more than half as broad again as long, 

 pitchy-black, almost without pubescence, the sides much 

 rounded and considerably narrowed behind, the posterior 

 angles a little prominent, tho base not truncate, but pro- 

 duced in front of the scutellum, coarsely and closely 

 punctured, especially on the disc, where there is also a 

 broad distinct impression. Elytra pale testaceous, pitchy 

 at the external angles, one-third longer than the thorax, 

 indistinctly punctured. The abdomen is pitchy, paler 

 at the extremity, with very scanty pubescence ; the basal 

 segments moderately closely, the apical ones sparingly 

 punctured. Legs yellow. Tarsi formed as in H. ijlcma, 

 but rather longer. 



A single specimen (a female, I believe) of this very 

 remarkable species has been submitted to me by Mr. 

 Waterhouse, without any indication of locality. I could 

 well believe it to be an exotic species. From the struc- 

 ture of its antennae it might be placed in the neighbour- 

 hood of H. suhterranea, but as it is allied to none of the 

 species of that group, and as the shape and punctu.ation 

 of its head show a distinct affinity with H. plana, I have 

 preferred placing it next that species. 



62. Homalota plana. 



Depressa, subopaca, nigra, elytris fuscis, antennis 

 femoribusqu.e piceis, tibiis testaceis ; capite confertim 

 distincte hand profunde punctate ; thorace transversim 

 subquadrato, basin versus leviter angustato ; abdomiue 

 supra segmentis 2-4 subtiliter haud crebre punctatis, 

 5 et 6 fere Isevigatis. Long. Ij lin. 



Mas ; abdomine segraento 6° medio ante apicem 

 tuberculo parvo, 7° lineis elevatis duabus instructo. 



Aleochara plana, Gyll. Ins. Suec. ii. 402. H. pilana, 

 Er. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 93 ; Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 250 ; 

 Th. Sk. Col. ii. 285 ; Wat. Cat. 



A flat, broad, and dull species. Antennae not quite 

 so long as the head and thorax, rather stout, pitchy ; first 

 joint about as long as the second and third together, three 

 nearly as long as two, four small, about as long as 



