British Species of Homaloia. 2S7 



than three, three narrowed at the base, four to ten differ- 

 ing but little from one another in length, the length of 

 each a little greater than its breadth ; eleventh joint long 

 (much longer than in H. nigra), more than twice the 

 length of the tenth. The head is broader and shorter 

 than in H. nigra, in the male distinctly channelled and 

 impressed. The thorax is a little narrower than the 

 elytra, about one- third broader than long, thickly and 

 finely punctured, with a distinct central longitudinal 

 channel. The elytra are about one-thii*d longer than the 

 thorax, of an obscure brownish or fuscous colour, closely 

 and finely punctured. The abdomen is a little narrowed 

 towards the apex, its upper surface densely and finely 

 punctured and pubescent, segments five and six rather 

 more sparingly so than the preceding ones. Legs dusky 

 yellow. 



In the male, the hind margin of the seventh abdominal 

 segment is furnished with four short projecting teeth 

 much as in H. nigra. I have not seen a specimen of the 

 female. 



I have captured four specimens of this species at 

 Horning, in Norfolk, and have seen it also in Mr. 

 Crotch's collection. M. Brisout de Barneville has also 

 submitted to me a French example, marked '' Lille, 

 roseaux." 



129. Homalota celata. 



Nigra, subopaca, confertim subtiliter punctata, an- 

 tennarum basi elytrisque fuscis, pedibus obscure testa- 

 ceis ; thorace transverse, basi obsolete canaliculato ; 

 abdomine segmentis 2-4 crebre subtiliter, 5° et 6° parcius 

 punctatis. Long. | lin. 



Mas; abdomine segmento 7° dorsali apice 4-dentato. 



H. celata, Er. Kiif. Brand, i. 335 ; Gen. et Spec. 

 Staph. 122 ; Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 320. Atheta dadopora, 

 Th. Sk. Col. ix. 283. 



A small, but rather robust, obscure species, readily 

 distinguished from H. sericea, and its allies, by its more 

 densely punctured abdomen; broader than H. sordidula, 

 and not so flat or depressed. The antennae are moderately 

 stout, blackish, obscurely paler at the base, not thick- 

 ened after the sixth joint; joint two is longer than three, 



