260 Dr. Sharp's Revision of the 



raria. H. muscoruyn can, I think^ scarcely be wanting 

 in Germany, and it is possible that it has not been 

 separated by Kj-aatz from H. stercoraria, which would 

 account for the above confusion. It is the H. picipes of 

 Mr. Waterhouse's catalogue, but as another name exists, 

 I have not adopted Stephens's, his description being quite 

 valueless. 



148. Homaloia pilosiventris. 



Nigra, parum nitida, pedibus piceis, crebre punctata; 

 antennis articulis 4-10 leviter transversis; thorace trans- 

 verso, convexiusculo, basi leviter canaliculate ; abdomine 

 apicem versus fortiter angustato, crebre apice vix parcius 

 punctate. Long. 1 lin. 



H. pilosiventris, Th. Ofv. Vet. Ac. Forh. 1856, p. 106; 

 Acrotona pilosiventris, Th. Sk. Col. iii. 38. H. stercoraria^ 

 Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 319. 



Antennte pitchy-black, rather short, moderately stout, 

 slightly thickened towards the apex ; joint three short, not 

 quite so long as two, distinctly narrowed towards the base, 

 four to ten a little transverse, four a little broader than 

 three, and five than four, after this but little difference 

 in the length and breadth till the eleventh, which is 

 rather large, about as long as the two preceding. The 

 head is rather small, distinctly narrower than the thorax, 

 much narrower than the elytra, moderately closely and 

 finely punctured. The thorax is a little narrower than 

 the elytra, more than half as broad again as long, distinctly 

 arched transversely, and narrower at the anterior than 

 at the posterior angles, closely and rather finely punc- 

 tured, always with a longitudinal channel in front of the 

 scutellum, sometimes short, and sometimes extending 

 the whole length of the thorax. The elytra are about 

 a third or fourth longer than the thorax, of a pitchy or 

 pitchy-black colour, moderately closely and distinctly 

 punctured. The abdomen is black, strongly narrowed 

 behind, pretty closely, evenly and densely punctured, 

 the apical segments a little more sparingly than the 

 basal ones; its pubescence is long, depressed and dis- 

 tinct, and the sides and apex are furnished pretty numer- 

 ously with black, rather rigid, long, outstanding hairs. 

 The legs are pitchy-yellow, the middle and posterior 

 tibiae furnished, on the outside, just below the knee, 

 with a rather stout distinct outstanding seta. 



