British Species of Homalota. 249 



Tolerably common in vegetable refuse^ and in carcases, 

 in Scotland. I have also found it, very rarely, in the 

 neighbourhood of London. 



Ohs. — Thomson has suggested that H. putrida, Kr., is 

 a synomym of this species ; I do not know H. putrida, 

 but in any case, Thomson's name has the priority. • 



139. Homalota villosula. 



Nigerrima, sat fortiter punctata ; antennis apicem versus 

 leviter incrassatis ; thorace transverso ; abdomine apicem 

 versus minus fortiter angustato, supra segmentis 2-4 sat 

 crebre, 5° et 6° parce punctatis ; pedibus piceis, tarsis 

 geniculisque dilutioribus. Long. 1^ lin. 



Mas ; abdomine segmento 7° dorsali medio producto, 

 apice truncato, utrinque spina tenui armato; ventrali 

 apice leviter rotundato. 



Fern. ; abdomine segmento 7° dorsali medio late sub- 

 emarginato, utrinque denticulo brevi instructor ventrali 

 margine posteriore ciliato, medio minus evidenter ex- 

 cise. 



H. villostda, Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 305; Wat. Cat. 



Of a deep black colour, with the exception of the ab- 

 domen but little shining. The antennse are black, mo- 

 derately stout, distinctly thickened towards the apex ; 

 joints two and three not slender, of about equal length, 

 four to ten each a little broader than its predecessor, the 

 first of them as long as broad, the latter ones only 

 slightly transverse, the tenth being a little longer than 

 the ninth; eleventh joint rather stout, gently pointed, 

 about as long as the two preceding together. The head 

 is rather small, distinctly smaller than the thorax, spar- 

 ingly but rather roughly punctured. The thorax is a 

 little narrower than the elytra, its breadth about half as 

 great again as its length, a little narrower at the anterior 

 than at the posterior angles, pretty distinctly and not 

 closely punctured, with an indistinct impression in front 

 of the scutellum, and at the sides with a few outstanding 

 setee. The elytra are about a third longer than the 

 thorax, closely and strongly punctured, the pubescence 

 rather long. The abdomen is black and shining, but 

 little narrowed except at the apical segments, segments 

 two to four distinctly, moderately, sparingly punctured. 



