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and extremely finely punctured, the hind margins of the 

 segments pale. Legs yellow, basal joint of hind tarsi 

 about as long as the three following joints together. 

 Two specimens. 



24. Oxypoda proba, n. sp. Nigra, sericeo-pubescens, 

 antennarum basi, pedibus, anoque testaceis, elytris testaceo- 

 brunneis, lateribus obscure iniiiscatis ; abdominis segmen- 

 torum marginibus testaceis. Long, fere 1^ lin. 



Very closely allied to O. umbrata, Gray., and differing 

 therefrom mainly by some differences of colour, but also 

 with other slight distinguishing characters. The antennae 

 appear to be a little longer than in umbi-ata ; their base is 

 distinctly yellow, the margins of the thorax are distinctly 

 paler, the elytra are paler, and distinctly infuscate at the 

 sides, the hind margins of the abdominal segments are 

 yeiy distinctly ferruginous. 



Two specimens. 



Obs. — There is also in the collection of Mr. Lewis a 

 single specimen of another species of Oxypoda. Its de- 

 sciiption I am scarcely able to make satisfactorily on this 

 individual. 



25. Homalota transfuga, n. sp. (afEnis H. cRneicoUi). 

 Nigro-fusca, antennarum basi, pedibus, elytrisque testaceis, 

 prothorace transversim sub-quadrato, elytris angustiore, 

 abdomine segmentis 2 — 4 minus crebre, 5 et 6 parce punc- 

 tatis. Lono:. 1^ lin. 



Mas, abdomine segmento 7" dorsali apice fortiter crenu- 

 lato (dentibus circiter 6.) 



Closely allied to H. (eneicollis. Sharp, and differing 

 from it chiefly as follows ; H. transfuga is a little nar- 

 rower, and the antennae are a little shorter, the 4th and 

 the 11th joints being distinctly shorter; the head and thorax 

 are not at all shining, and have no brassy lustre at all. 

 The thorax is rather narrower, and a little less transverse, 

 and rather more finely and closely punctured. 



Three specimens. 



26. Homalota melanaria, Salil. Specimens of this 

 species do not differ fi'om our European individuals. There 

 are also in Mr. Lewis's collection seven other specimens 

 belonging to this genus, apparently representing seven 



