182 Dr. Sharp's Revision of the 



joint considerably more slender and rather shorter than 

 the second, four not quite so long as broad, five to ten 

 each perceptibly broader than it predecessor, and strong- 

 ly transverse; eleventh joint large, twice as long as the 

 tenth. Head smaller than the thorax, the eyes a little 

 prominent, its punctuation and pubescence almost imper- 

 ceptible, the upper side with a very small fovea in the 

 middle. The thorax is a little narrower than the elytra, 

 about half as broad again as long, punctuation and pubes- 

 cence extremely fine and indistinct. The elytra are fully 

 half as long again as the thorax, very finely punctured 

 and pubescent, but rather more distinctly so than the 

 thorax. Abdomen with the penultimate segments pitchy, 

 the base and apex yellow, the basal segments very obso- 

 letely punctured, the apical ones smooth. Legs yellow. 



In the male, the apex of the seventh segment above is 

 truncate. 



Rare, and hitherto, I believe, found only near Reigate. 



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

 British Museum agrees with my English specimens. 



77. Homalota validiuscida. 



Nigra, antennarum basi pedibusque testaceis, thorace 

 elytrisque rufo-testaceis ; capite coleopteris angustiore; 

 thorace transversim subquadrato, basi canaliculato ; ab- 

 domine basi obsolete punctate, apice levigate. Long, f 

 Hn. 



H. validiuscula, Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 261. 



Allied to H. palleola, but a little larger, not so depres- 

 sed or parallel, with the abdomen darker in colour, the 

 head rounder and narrower in proportion to the elytra, 

 and the anterior parts of the body more distinctly punc- 

 tured and pubescent. Antennae stout, thickened towards 

 the apex, pale at the base, pitchy outwards; joint three 

 rather shorter than two, narrowed at the base, four to ten 

 each distinctly broader than its predecessor, four slightly 

 transverse, the following ones gradually more strongly so, 

 tenth joint about twice as broad as the fourth; eleventh 

 joint rather large, twice as long as the tenth. Head 

 smaller than the thorax, round, black and shining ; very 

 finely and indistinctly punctured, with a short fine pubes- 

 cence, the upper surface with a small fovea in the male, 

 convex in the female. Thorax narrower than the elytra, 

 a third or fourth broader than long, finely but distinctly 



