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Abundant in the nests of Formica rufa, all over the 

 kingdom . 



125. Homalota confusa. 



Nigra, sat nitida, antennarum basi pedibus anoque 

 rufo-testaceis, elytris rufo-brunneis, abdomine piceo; 

 thorace transverse, angulis posticis hand rotundatis ; an- 

 tennis articulis 5-10 transversis; abdomine supra seg- 

 mentis 2-4 sat crebre punctatis, 5° parce punctato. 

 Long. 1^ lin. 



Mas; abdomine segmento 7° dorsali apice fere trian- 

 gulariter emarginato. 



H. confusa, Maerk. Germ. Zeit. v. 215; Kj*. Ins. 

 Deutsch. ii. 264 ; Wat. Cat. ; Notothecta confusa, Th. Sk. 

 Col. iii. 107. 



Yery closely allied to H. Jlavipes, but rather smaller, 

 and with the antennae shorter and stouter, so that of 

 joints five to ten each one is distinctly broader than long. 

 The abdomen is more closely punctured, the base of the 

 fifth segment being distinctly punctured. Its structure 

 and punctuation generally are extremely like H. flavipes. 



I have never found this species, but it has occurred to 

 Mr. F. Smith and others, in the nests of Formica fuli- 

 ginosa. 



Section H. 



Group XIX. Small or very small species; abdomen 

 only a little narrowed towards the apex, closely punctured ; 

 thorax hut little narrowed towards thejront. 



(Species 126—131) . 



The species of this group have indistinct male charac- 

 ters; H. nigra, germana, and hodierna, are found in 

 vegetable refuse matter ; sordidula, celata, and (I believe) 

 canescens, in dung. 



126. Homalota nigra. 



Linearis, sat nitida, nigra, pedibus fuscis, confertim 

 subtiliter punctata, et tenuiter pubescens ; thorace leviter 

 transverse ; abdomine apicem versus subangustato, supra 

 toto confertim subtiliter punctato. Long. |-1 lin. 



