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The antennae are of moderate length and stoutness, 

 slightly but distinctly thickened towards the apex, 

 pitchy-black, with the basal joints scarcely lighter; first 

 joint stout, two and three of about equal length, four 

 smaller than the others, scarcely broader than three, 

 about as long as broad, the length of the following joints 

 differs but little from their breadth, the two or three 

 penultimate joints a little transvei'sej eleventh joint 

 rather long, longer than the two preceding together. 

 The head is rather broad, a little narrower than the 

 thorax, sparingly and moderately finely punctured, 

 rounded behind the eyes, sometimes with a small impres- 

 sion on the disc. The thorax is distinctly narrower than 

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

 gently rounded in front, little narrowed behind, so that 

 it is about as broad at the anterior as at the posterior 

 angles, moderately closely and finely punctured, the 

 sides with a few outstanding setae, sometimes with a 

 short channel in front of the scutellum, sometimes quite 

 un channelled. The elytra are brownish, one-third longer 

 than the thorax, pretty closely and finely and somewhat 

 rugulosely punctured, their pubescence (as well as that of 

 the head and thorax) rather long. The abdomen is 

 black, pretty distinctly narrowed towards the apex, 

 which is sometimes pitchy, segments two to four are dis- 

 tinctly and not very closely punctured, fifth segment more 

 sparingly punctured, sixth nearly impunctate ; the sides 

 and apex furnished distinctly with outstanding hairs. 

 The legs are yellow, the middle and posterior tibiae are 

 furnished each with two fine projecting setae, of which 

 the one nearer the knee is distinctly the shorter. 



In the male, the hind margin of the upper plate of 

 the seventh segment is distinctly emarginate in the 

 middle, the lateral margin projects on each side as a 

 short broad tooth, and on the inner side of this, and only 

 separated from it by an obscure notch, is another similar 

 tooth. 



Scarce. Rannoch, Inverness, Brighton, Croydon. It 

 occurs in dung, and is, perhaps, commoner than is sup- 

 posed. 



138. Homalota cinnamoptera. 



Nigra, antice subopaca, elytris obscure brunneis, pedi- 

 bus testaceis ; thorace transverso, basi leviter canalicu- 



