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slightly rounded, scarcely narrower at the anterior than 

 at the posterior angles, finely and rather sparingly punc- 

 tured, sometimes with a fine indistinct longitudinal 

 channel, the sides with two or three short exserted setae. 

 The elytra are about a fourth longer than the thorax, 

 closely, rather strongly, somewhat rugulosely punctured, 

 their punctuation much stronger than that of the thorax. 

 The abdomen is black and shining, pretty distinctly nar- 

 rowed towards the apex, segments two to four sparingly 

 punctured, fifth segment very sparingly and finely punc- 

 tured, sixth segment nearly impunctate; the sides and 

 apex furnished with numerous distinct outstanding hairs. 

 The legs are reddish, the thighs pitchy, tibiae without 

 exserted setae, the posterior ones rather long and slender, 

 their tarsi long and pointed. 



The male is only to be distinguished from the female 

 by the narrower and more produced ventral plate of the 

 seventh abdominal segment. 



I have found one or two specimens of this species near 

 London, and have obtained a fine series, from heaps of 

 cut grass, at Thornhill. 



Ohs. — I have compared these specimens with M. 

 Brisout's type of H. cadaverina, and find they agree in 

 all points with it. 



137. Homalota Imvana. 



Nigra, sat nitida, elytris brunneis, pedibus testaceis ; 

 thorace transverso, elytris angustiore; abdomine apicem 

 versus minus fortiter angustato, supra segmentis 2-4 sat 

 crebre punctatis, 5° parce punctato, 6° fere laevigato. 

 Long. li-H liii- 



Mas; abdomine segment© 7° dorsali apice leviter 

 emarginato, utrinque denticulis 2 subapproximatis. 



H. Icevana, Muls. Opusc. i. 39; Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 

 306. 



Resembles both H. cinnamoptera and atramentaria ; 

 distinguished from the former by the antennae stouter 

 towards the apex, the head thorax and elytra more 

 shining and less densely punctured, the abdomen less 

 narrowed towards the apex and more sparingly punc- 

 tured ; from H. atratnentaria by the stouter antennae, uni- 

 colorous brown elytra, pale legs, and narrower thorax. 



