222 Dr. Sharp's Revision of the 



c. 292. H. Saundersi, Eye, Ent. Month. Mag. iii. 121 

 (1866) . 



Comparatively broader and flatter than H. suhterranea 

 and dilaticornis, and darker in colour. The antennae are 

 short and very stout, blackish, obscurely paler at the base ; 

 joint three nearly as long as two, four small but trans- 

 verse, about as broad as three, five much broader than 

 four, from this to the tenth each joint is very broad and 

 transverse ; the eleventh joint is pointed, about the length 

 of the two preceding. The head is a little narrower than 

 the thorax, but broad, black and shining, very finely punc- 

 tured. The thorax is but little narrower than the elytra, 

 its breadth about twice its length, the sides evenly round- 

 ed, scarcely narrower at the anterior than at the posterior 

 angles, closely and very finely punctured. The elytra 

 are testaceous or fusco-testaceous, the lateral margins 

 a little darker, fully one-third longer than the thorax, 

 finely and pretty closely punctured, with a delicate but 

 distinct pubescence. The abdomen is black and shining ; 

 segments two to four sparingly and finely punctured, 

 fifth segment very sparingly punctured, sixth nearly im- 

 punctate. Legs yellow. 



The male characters are peculiar. The hind margin 

 of the dorsal plate of the seventh abdominal segment is 

 furnished with four very distinct teeth ; of these, the two 

 middle ones are near one another, and appear as two pro- 

 duced elongate tubercles, the apex of each of which is a 

 little flattened and somewhat curved inwards, the outer 

 teeth are long, slender, pointed, and a little curved in- 

 wards, and project backwards further than the central 

 ones. 



This species has as yet been found, in this country, only 

 in the neighbourhood of London. There is a fine series 

 of it in Dr. Power's collection, varying somewhat in size, 

 and a little in the colour of the elytra. 



Obs. — There are in the British Museum specimens of 

 H. hrevicollis, sent by Kraatz ; they agree with the exam- 

 ples described above. 



114. Homalota ohlita. 



Nigra, haud nitida, elytris fuscis, pedibus fusco-testa- 

 ceis ; thorace transverse, medio canaliculate ; abdomine 



