264 Dr. Sharp's Revision of the 



angulisque apicis infuscatis ; thorace transverse ; abdo- 

 mine supra segmentis 2-4 minus crebre^ 5° et 6° parcius 

 punctatis. Long. Ij lin. 



H. pulchra, Kr. Ins. Deutscb. ii. 321; Wat. Cat. 



Antennae rather slender, of a dirty yellowish colour, a 

 little thickened towards the apex; first joint stout, two 

 and three of nearly equal length, four to ten differing 

 but little from one another in length, the first of them 

 longer than broad, the last scarcely so long as broad; 

 eleventh joint about as long as the two preceding to- 

 gether. The head is rather broad, considerably narrower 

 than the thorax, black and shining, indistinctly punc- 

 tured. The thorax is, at the base, about as broad as the 

 elytra, of a pitchy colour, a little paler at the sides, more 

 than half as broad again as long, a little narrower at the 

 anterior than at the posterior angles, sparingly punc- 

 tured, with a very indistinct impression at the base in 

 front of the scutellum, with a few short exserted setae at 

 the sides. The elytra are about a third longer than the 

 thorax, of a shining yellowish colour, with indistinct in- 

 fuscation about the scutellum and towards the external 

 angles, rather coarsely but shallowly punctured. The 

 abdomen is black and shining, moderately narrowed to- 

 wards the apex, which is pitchy or yellowish ; segments 

 two to four are rather sparingly but distinctly punctured, 

 five and six finely and very sparingly punctured, the 

 outstanding setae of the sides rather long and distinct. 

 Legs yellow ; tibiae without setae. 



The male is only to be distinguished by the ventral 

 plate of the seventh segment of the abdomen being nar- 

 rowed, and rather more produced than in the female. 



Rare. I have found it at Horning in Norfolk, in the 

 neighbourhood of London, and on the Braid Hills at 

 Edinburgh, in the early spring. 



152. Homalota orhata. 



Nigra, nitida, antennis nigro-fuscis, elytris brunneis, 

 pedibus testaceis ; thorace convexiusculo, transverse, 

 parce subtiliter punctate, et tenuissime pubescente; 

 abdomine segmentis 2-4 sat crebre, 5° et 6° parcius 

 punctatis. Long. 1^ lin. 



