242 Dr. Sharp's Bevlslon of the 



In the male, the third joint of the antennae is more 

 densely furnished with fine outstanding hairs ; the dorsal 

 plate of the seventh abdominal segment is narrow, indis- 

 tinctly rounded at the apex, which is obscurely thickened, 

 and the under plate of the same segment is a little pro- 

 duced in the middle, so as to form an obtuse angle ; while 

 in the female, the ventral plate of the same segment is 

 broad and rounded, and furnished with closely-set fine 

 parallel cilia. 



In England and Scotland, but never very common. 



133. Homalota intermedia. 



Subdepressa, antice sat nitida, sub tiliter punctata, tenui- 

 ter pubescens, nigra, antennarura basi obscure testacea, 

 elytris pedibusque testaceis ; thorace transversim sub- 

 quadrato; abdomine apicem versus attenuate, nitidulo, 

 segmentis 2-5 crebre subtiliter punctatis, 6° parce punc- 

 tate. Long. 1^-1 1 lin. 



H. intermedia, Th. Ofv. Vet. Ac. Forh. 1852, p. 145; 

 Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 301 ; Wat. Cat.; Atheta intermedia, 

 Th. Sk. Col. iii. 95. 



This species a good deal resembles H. xanthojjtera and 

 its allies, but has the abdomen distinctly narrowed to the 

 apex, and its segments more punctured. The antennae 

 are long and rather stout, scarcely thickened towards the 

 apex ; joints two and three long, three longer than two, 

 four about as stout as three, and little less than the other 

 joints, longer than broad, five to ten each about as long 

 as broad, ten, however, a little shorter than the others; 

 the eleventh joint is long, gently pointed, about as long 

 as the two preceding together. The head is narrower 

 than the thorax, but rather broad, finely and indistinctly 

 punctured. The thorax is rather large, a little narrower 

 than the elytra, about a third broader than long, the sides 

 nearly straight, a little rounded at the anterior angles, 

 finely and pretty closely punctured, with a small narrow 

 impression at the base in front of the scutellum. The 

 elytra are yellow, a little darker about the scutellum and 

 at tlie outsides, closely and finely punctured, about a 

 fourth longer than the thorax. The abdomen is black, 

 rather shining, distinctly narrowed towards the apex ; 

 segments two to five finely, evenly, and j^retty closely 

 punctured, the fifth rather more sparingly than the basal 



