British Siiecies of Homalota. 261 



Not common. I have found it in dung at Thornhill^ 

 in the New Forest^ and near London. 



Obs. — There is, in the British Museum, an insect sent 

 by Kraatz, as H. stercoraria ; it is in very bad condition, 

 but does not, I think, belong to this species. Never- 

 theless, I am pretty sure that the species above described 

 is Kraatz^s stercoraria, as his description is very good, 

 and applies thoroughly, with the exception of the pre- 

 liminary remarks, about which there appears to be some 

 confusion . 



Group XXII. Abdomen distinctly narrowed totvards 

 the apex, thorax distinctly narrowed in front, apical seg- 

 ments of the abdomen sparingly, or not at all punctured. 



(Species 149—157) . 



This group also contains species differing in many 

 respects from one another, but associated in order to 

 facilitate reference. The species apparently all occur 

 among moss and leaves. H. cribrata appears to me a 

 species of which the affinities are but little marked ; 

 while H. notha is one of the most remarkable species of 

 the genus. 



149. Homalota fusca. 



Fusca, sat nitida, antennarum basi pedibusque testa- 

 ceis, elytris anoque ferrugineis ; thorace transverso, 

 canaliculato ; abdomine supra segmentis 2-4 crebre, 

 b° et 6° parcius punctatis. Long. 1^ lin. 



Mas; abdomine segmento 7° dorsali apice evidenter 

 4-dentato. 



Aleochara fusca, Sahl. Ins. Fenn. i. 371. S. vernacula, 

 Er. Gen. et Spec. Staph. 131 ; Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 315; 

 Atheta vernacula, Th. Sk. Col. iii. 84. H. laticollis, Wat. 

 Cat. 



Antennae yellow, more or less infuscate after the 

 third joint, moderately long, a little thickened towards 

 the apex, and furnished with fine exserted hairs ; joints 

 two and three moderately long, three a little longer and 

 more slender than two, four smaller than the others, 

 about as long as broad, five to seven each a little longer 

 than broad, eight to ten scarcely so long as broad j 



