220 Dr. Sharp^s Revision of the 



A parallel, prettily coloured, rather convex species, 

 with very stout antennEe ; the anterior parts with fine 

 punctuation and pubescence. The antennse are short and 

 very stout, pitchy, paler at the base, gradually thickened 

 from the fourth to the tenth joint; joint three short and 

 stout, triangular, slightly shorter than two, four to ten 

 each a little broader than its predecessor, five to ten 

 strongly transverse, and each narrowed towards the base; 

 eleventh joint pointed, about twice as long as the tenth. 

 The head is rather large, nearly as broad as the thorax, 

 blackish, finely and indistinctly punctured ; the eyes not 

 prominent. The thorax is more than half as broad again 

 as long, but little narrower than the elytra, reddish-brown, 

 finely and moderately closely punctured. The elytra are 

 about a third longer than the thorax, yellowish-red, finely 

 and moderately closely punctured. The abdomen is 

 shining, pitchy-black, the apex yellowish-red, the base 

 reddish or pitchy-red ; segments two to five finely and 

 sparingly punctured, sixth segment nearly impunctate. 

 Legs yellow. 



In the male, the hind margin of the dorsal plate of the 

 seventh abdominal segment is furnished with four stout 

 teeth of nearly equal length, the two middle ones are 

 stout rounded projecting tubercles, the outer ones, also 

 rather stout, are more pointed. 



I have seen only two British specimens of this species, 

 one taken by Mr. Crotch, at Beauly in Inverness- shire, 

 the other by Mr. Hislop at Forres; it is to be found 

 amongst moss and dead leaves. 



112. Homalota dilaticornis. 



Obscure rufa, capite abdomineque nigricantibus, an- 

 tennis elytrorumque angulo apicali fuscis, antennarum 

 basi pedibusque testaceis ; antennis validis ; thorace trans- 

 verso; abdomine segmentis 2-4 parce punctatis, 5° et 6° 

 fere laevigatis. Long. 1^ lin. 



Mas; abdomine segment© 7° dorsali margine apicali 

 producto, medio indistincte emarginato, ante apicem tu- 

 ber culis duobus elevatis, margine laterali utrinque in 

 spina tenui producto. 



H. dilaticornis, Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 293. 



Rather smaller and less robustly formed than H. subter- 

 ranea, and with a much smaller head ; of a reddish colour. 



