238 Dr. Sharp^s Bevision of the 



four scarcely broader than three^ nearly as long as broad, 

 five distinctly broader than four, from this to the tenth 

 the joints differ but little from one another, the breadth 

 of each is a little greater than its length ; the eleventh 

 joint is rather long, quite as long as the two preceding 

 together. The head is broad, a little narrower than the 

 thorax, pretty closely and finely but distinctly and rather 

 roughly punctured, sometimes with an indistinct impres- 

 sion on the disc. The thorax is a little narrower than 

 the elytra, its breadth about half as great again as its 

 length, the sides gently rounded, nearly as broad at the 

 anterior as at the posterior angles, closely and finely 

 but distinctly and rather roughly punctured, and with a 

 more or less distinct longitudinal channel in front of the 

 scutellum. The elytra are about a fourth longer than 

 the thorax, brownish or fuscous in colour, pretty closely 

 and distinctly punctured . The abdomen is black, pitchy 

 at the extremity, a little shining, segments two to four 

 are closely and distinctly punctured, fifth and sixth seg- 

 ments moderately closely punctured. The legs are 

 rather dirty yellow. 



The hind margin of the upper plate of the seventh 

 abdominal segment is furnis'hed, in the male, with four 

 small teeth, one at each angle and two in the middle, of 

 these the external ones are the more distinct, the notch 

 separating the two middle ones is broad, but very 

 shallow. 



Rare. I have found single specimens in two or three 

 localities near London. 



Ohs. — I have examined a specimen of A. dadopora, 

 sent by Thomson to Mr. Crotch ; it is of this species. 

 Thomson considers {vide loc. cit.) that Erichson^s de- 

 scription of H. celata probably refers to Kraatz^s H. nigra. 

 In this suspicion he is not improbably correct, but I 

 think it better not to change the names, until the ques- 

 tion is put beyond doubt by the examination of Erich- 

 son's specimens. 



130. Homalota sordidula. 



Nigra, pedibus fuscis, opaca, confertim subtiliter punc- 

 tata ; antennis sat elongatis, articulo ultimo oblongo ; tho- 

 race leviter transverso, subtiliter canaliculate; abdomine 

 supra toto confertim subtiliter pvmctato. Long. | lin. 



