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elytra darker coloured^ and the antennae differently form- 

 ed, the fourth joint not being transverse, and only a little 

 narrower than the fifth, the following joints narrower, 

 and the terminal one much shorter than in succicola. The 

 antennae are black, with the basal joint sometimes pitchy; 

 moderately long, scarcely thickened towards the apex; 

 joint three slightly longer than two, but little difference 

 between four and five, each about as long as broad, six 

 to ten each a little broader than long; eleventh joint 

 rather short, pointed, about half as long again as the 

 tenth. Head much narrower than the thorax, disc mo- 

 derately convex, generally with a small but distinct fovea, 

 finely and indistinctly punctured, not very shining. Tho- 

 rax a little narrower than the elytra, nearly half as broad 

 again as long, gently rounded and depressed at the anterior 

 angles, the sides nearly straight behind ; generally with a 

 distinct longitudinal channel, reaching from the base half 

 way to the front, this is sometimes, however, scarcely 

 to be seen; rather dull, pretty finely and not closely 

 punctured. Elytra about a third longer than the thorax, 

 pitchy-brown, pretty closely and distinctly punctured. 

 Abdomen black and shining, segments two to four rather 

 finely and sparingly punctured, fifth segment very spar- 

 ingly punctured, sixth almost impunctate. Legs dark 

 yellow. 



The male has the hind margin of the seventh dorsal 

 segment of the abdomen truncate, and very finely crenu- 

 late, the truncate part terminated on each side by a rather 

 longer and more distinct projection. 



I have a good series of this species taken at Eannoch 

 in Perthshire, and have besides found it at Thornhill, and 

 in Glen Almond, Perthshire. 



Obs. — Though somewhat allied to H. succicola, it is, I 

 think, more correctly placed Jiea,rfungicola, from which 

 its larger size, darker colour, less parallel form, and some- 

 what differently formed antennae, distinguish it. 



95. Homalota boletohia. 



Nigra, antennarum basi pedibus elytrisque testaceis, 

 his circa scutellum angulisque apicis infuscatis ; thorace 

 fortiter transverse, basi obsolete impresso; abdomine 

 supra segmentis 2-4 minus crebre punctatis, 5° parce 

 punctate. Long. 1| lin. 



