214 Dr. Sharp's Revision of the 



Mas ; thorace medio profunde impresso ; abdomine seg- 

 mento 7° dorsali apice truncate et crenulato, ventrali 

 productOj apice late rotundato. 



Allied to H. corvina, and about the size of that species, 

 but more parallel, with broader thorax, and the anterior 

 parts of the body much more finely and sparingly punc- 

 tured. Antennse black, a little thickened towards the 

 apex; joint three shorter than two, four to ten each 

 slightly broader than its predecessor, and each a little 

 broader than long, and a little narrowed towards the base ; 

 eleventh joint moderately stout and pointed, not twice 

 the length of the tenth. Head distinctly narrower than 

 the thorax, rather broad, eyes moderately prominent, the 

 disc flat and shining, and slightly channelled in the male. 

 The thorax is black and shining, very nearly as broad as 

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

 ly narrowed behind, very finely and sparingly punctured, 

 the disc in the male with a large deep impression. The 

 elytra are pitchy, fully half as long again as the thorax, 

 finely and sparingly punctured, and with very fine pubes- 

 cence. The abdomen is black and shining, its pubes- 

 cence rather more distinct than that of the fore parts of 

 the body, the basal segments are sparingly punctured, 

 the apical ones nearly impunctate. The legs are dirty 

 yellow. 



In the male, the seventh abdominal segment has the 

 dorsal plate with the apex broad and truncate, and cre- 

 nulate, the ventral plate is distinctly produced, its hind 

 margin broad and rounded. 



Yery rare; taken by Dr. Power, and by myself at 

 Mickleham, in the month of September. 



106. Homalota atomaria. 



Nigra, nitidula, elytris vel nigris vel fuscis, pedibus 

 piceo-testaceis, omnium parce subtilissime punctata ten- 

 uissimeque pubescens; thorace transverse, basi indis- 

 tincte foveolato ; abdomine supra vage punctate, fere 

 Ifevigato. Long. | lin. 



jBT. atomaria, Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 254 ; H. minuscula, 

 Bris. Ann. Sec. Ent. Fr. 1859, p. ccxviii. 



A very small, black and shining species, with scarcely 

 visible punctuation or pubescence. The antennae are 



