British Species of Homalota. 239 



H. sordidula, Er. Kilf. Brand, i. 335 3 Gen. et Spec. 

 Staph. 123; Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 296; Wat. Cat.; Athe- 

 ta sordidula, Th. Sk. Col. iii. 91. 



A small narrow species^ with pretty distinctly pointed 

 abdomen, and elongate terminal joint to the antenna;. 

 The antennae are long for the small size of the species, 

 black, the two basal joints sometimes obscurely pitchy, 

 not thickened after the fifth or sixth joint ; joints two and 

 three rather stout, two longer than three, four smaller 

 than any of the others, but little broader than three, 

 rather transverse^ fi^ve broader and longer than four, 

 from it to the tenth the length of each joint is nearly 

 equal to its breadth ; eleventh joint long, oblong, longer 

 than the two preceding. The head is small, distinctly 

 narrower than the thorax, much narrower than the elytra, 

 its sides a little straight behind the eyes, pretty closely 

 and finely but distinctly punctured, generally with an 

 indistinct longitudinal impression on the front part. The 

 thorax is a little narrower than the elytra, its breadth 

 about one-third greater than its length, finely and closely 

 punctured, and with a fine but distinct longitudinal chan- 

 nel in front of the scutellum. The elytra are about a 

 fourth longer than the thorax, closely and finely punc- 

 tured. The abdomen is distinctly narrowed towards the 

 apex, its upper surface closely and finely and evenly 

 punctured, the pubescence dense. The legs are pitchy- 

 yellow. 



The male is scarcely to be distinguished from the female. 



In dung, both in England and Scotland, but apparently 

 scarce or overlooked. 



131. Homalota canescens. 



Nigra, opaca, pedibus fuscis, confertim punctata; an- 

 tennis articulis 5-10 transversis; thorace transverse, sub- 

 tiliter canaliculato ; abdomine supra toto confertim sub- 

 tiliter punctato. Long. | lin. 



Mas; abdomine segment© 7° dorsali apice obsolete 

 4-dentato. 



Allied to H. sordidida, broader and more parallel, with 

 the antennae, especially the terminal joint, shorter, the 

 thorax shorter, and the punctuation throughout not quite 

 so close and fine. The antennae are blackish, of moderate 



