194 Dr. Sharp's Hevisioii of the 



Compared with H. xanthojjtera, this species is broader 

 and stouter in proportion, with stouter shorter and dark- 

 er antennae, of which the fifth joint is considerably broader 

 than the fourth. The antennas are nearly black, stout, 

 after the fifth joint not thickened towards the apex; joint 

 three a little longer than two, four small in comparison 

 with the others, about as broad as three, and nearly 

 as long as broad, five considerably broader than four, 

 distinctly transverse, the other joints onwards to the tenth 

 closely resembling it; the eleventh joint is long in pro- 

 portion to its predecessors, longer than the two preceding 

 together. Head black, rather broad and short, distinctly 

 narrower than the thorax, rounded behind the eyes, finely 

 and indistinctly punctured. Thorax a little narrower 

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

 sides rounded in front, then nearly straight behind, so 

 that it is a little narrower at the anterior than at the 

 posterior angles, pretty finely and not closely punctured, 

 and with a more or less distinct, shallow impression in 

 front of the scutellum. Elytra about a third longer than 

 the thorax, brownish in colour, a little darker about the 

 scutellum, pretty closely and finely punctured. Abdo- 

 men black and shining ; segments two to four sparingly 

 but pretty distinctly punctured, five and six almost im- 

 punctate. Legs not very clear yellow. 



In the male, the seventh dorsal segment of the abdo- 

 men has the apex truncate and finely crenulate, the num- 

 ber of the crenulations not easy to count, about twelve 

 to sixteen, the outside one on each side a little the larger. 



Very common at the sap of trees, and also in other 

 situations throughout the country. 



Ols. I. — Kraatz very truly remarks that this species 

 might perhaps be more correctly placed in the next sec- 

 tion, but that its nearest allies are in the present group. 



Obs. II. — This species is the U. euryptera of Mr. Water- 

 house's catalogue. As Stephens' description oi Aleochara 

 euryptera contains nothing peculiarly characteristic of 

 this species, I have not felt justified in adopting this 

 name, to the displacement of another in general use, 

 merely because a specimen is so named in Stephens' 

 cabinet. 



88. Homalota trmotata. 



Nigra, elytris pedibusque testaceis, illis circa scutel- 

 lum angulisque apicis fuscis ; antennis articulis 5-10 



