228 Dr. Sharp's Bevision of the 



but little narrower than the elytra^ its breadth quite half 

 as great again as its length, as broad at the anterior as 

 at the posterior angles, finely and sparingly punctured 

 and pubescent, with a small indistinct impression in front 

 of the scutellum. The elytra are about a third longer 

 than the thorax, rather sparingly punctured and pubes- 

 cent, the punctuation rather more distinct than on the 

 thorax. The abdomen is black and shining; segments 

 two to four sparingly punctured, five and six almost im- 

 punctate. Legs pitchy. 



In the male, the apex of the seventh abdominal seg- 

 ment is distinctly, and, for a small species, even coarsely 

 crenulate. 



Rare. I have found it at Thornhill, and near Edin- 

 burgh and Dumfries. 



119. Homalota indiscreta. 



Subdepressa, nigra, subnitida, pedibus fuscis, confer- 

 tim subtiliter punctata ; thorace transverse, basi foveolato ; 

 abdomine supra segmentis 2-4 subtiliter sat crebre 

 punctatis, 5° parce punctate, 6° fere Igevigato. Long, 

 flin. 



Closely allied to H. sericea, but darker in colour, more 

 depressed, rather broader but more narrowed to the front, 

 the pubescence finer, denser, and more regular, and the 

 elytra longer in proportion to the thorax. The antennae 

 are entirely black, rather stout, thickened towards the 

 apex; joint two longer than three, four about as broad as 

 three, and about as broad as long, five to ten transverse, 

 the first of them slightly, the last strongly so ; eleventh 

 joint about twice as long as the tenth. Head narrower 

 than the thorax, much narrower than the elytra, finely 

 and indistinctly punctured, and sometimes with an obscure 

 channel or fovea in the middle. The thorax is a little 

 narrower than the elytra, its breadth about half as great 

 ao-ain as its length, rather narrower at the anterior than 

 at the posterior angles, finely and pretty closely punc- 

 tured, and with a very delicate pubescence, with a shallow 

 transverse fovea in front of the scutellum. The elytra 

 are black or pitchy-black, fully one-third longer than 

 the thorax, finely and thickly punctured, and delicately 

 pubescent. The abdomen is black and shining, segments 



