172 Dr. Sharp's Revision of the 



I am not able to point out satisfactory abdominal 

 characters to separate the male from the female, but the 

 male appears to have the front of the head flattened, and 

 the longitudinal channel extending quite to the back. 



Eare. I have found the species at Horning in Norfolk, 

 and there are specimens in Mr. Crotch's collection, pro- 

 bably from the same locality. It has also been found by 

 Mr. Hislop in Scotland. 



Ohs. — I am much indebted to M. Ch. Brisout de Barne- 

 ville for an opportunity of examining his types of H. Au- 

 hei; they agree with my British examples : and I consider 

 the species is best placed near H. gemina, to which it is 

 more allied in structure than to any other of the genus. 



QQ. Homalota gemina. 



Nigro-fusca, antennis piceis, basi pedibusque fusco- 

 testaceis; antennis sat elongatis, apicem versus vix in- 

 crassatis ; capite thorace evidenter angustiore; hoc trans- 

 verso, basi indistincte impresso ; elytris thorace longiori- 

 bus ; abdomine supra segmentis 2-4 subtiliter sat crebre 

 punctatis, 5 et 6 parce punctatis. Long. 1 lin. 



Mas; capite evidenter canaliculato, abdomine segmento 

 7° ventrali producto. 



H. gemina, Er. Kiif. Brand, i. 330 ; Gen. et Spec. Staph. 

 112; Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 255; Wat. Cat. 



Antennae fusco-testaceous, with the basal joint lighter; 

 moderately long and stout, but little thickened towards 

 the apex; joints two and three of about equal length, 

 four to ten differing but little in length, and each one 

 only slightly broader than its predecessor, four longer 

 than broad, ten not quite so long- as broad ; eleventh 

 joint rather long, oblong-ovate, nearly as long as the two 

 preceding joints together. Head considerably smaller 

 than the thorax, round, slightly broader behind the eyes, 

 finely and indistinctly punctured ; in the male, with a fine 

 channel in the middle, reaching nearly to the back part, 

 in the female with a very short and indistinct channel. 

 Thorax transverse, nearly half as broad again as long, but 

 little narrower than the elytra ; the sides gently rounded, 

 the base as wide as the apex, thickly and very finely 

 punctured, and in front of the scutellum with an obsolete 

 double impression. Elytra about a third longer than the 



