268 Dr. Sharp's Revision of the 



Very rare ; single specimens have occurred at Ham- 

 mersmith Marshes, and elsewhere in the neighbourhood 

 of London. 



156. Homalota crihrata. 



Brevior, nigra, vix nitida, pedibus fusco-testaceis, con- 

 fertim evidenter punctata ; capite thorace multo minore, 

 hoc transverse ; abdomine apicem versus attenuate, supra 

 segmentis 2-4 crebre subtiliter, 5° et 6° sat parce punc- 

 tatis. Long. | lin. 



H. crihrata, Kr. Ins. Deutsch. ii. 288. 



A small species, distinguished by its short broad form, 

 with comparatively strong punctuation; narrowed both 

 before and behind. The antennae are pitchy-black, rather 

 short, not stout, distinctly thickened towards the apex; 

 joint two is stout, much longer and stouter than three, 

 four to ten each a little stouter than its predecessor, four 

 about as broad as three, nearly as long" as broad, five 

 slightly transverse, ten distinctly so ; the eleventh joint 

 is rather short, pointed, about as long as the two pre- 

 ceding. The head is rather broad in proportion to its 

 length, much narrower than the thorax, only half the 

 width of the elytra, closely, regularly, and distinctly 

 punctured, pubescence scarcely visible. The thorax is a 

 little narrower than the elytra, its breadth nearly twice 

 its length, the sides gently rounded, the base more dis- 

 tinctly so, a little narrower at the anterior than at the 

 posterior angles, closely and finely but distinctly punc- 

 tured, the pubescence short and indistinct. The elytra 

 are pitchy-black, a third or fourth longer than the thorax, 

 closely and distinctly punctured, the punctuation being 

 rather rugulose, their pubescence more distinct than that 

 of the head and thorax. The abdomen is broad, distinct- 

 ly narrowed to the apex ; segments two to four are closely 

 finely and distinctly punctured, fifth segment rather more 

 sparingly, sixth sparingly, punctured. Legs pitchy- 

 yellow. 



I have seen only two or three specimens of this species, 

 one of which I captured myself near Croydon. 



Ohs. — I have identified H. crihrata only by description, 

 it being apparently as rare abroad as in this country. 

 Kraatz remarks, that among the Erichsonian specimens 



