14 Mr. David Sharp on the 



different species ; but their identification and description 

 must be left till more material is received. 



27. Homalota Leivisa, n. sp. (affinis H. ■plancR). Pa- 

 rallela, subdepressa, nitidula, castanea, antennarum basi, 

 pedibusque testaceis ; capite, abdomineque ante apicem 

 fuscis ; abdomine minus crebre, fortiter punctato. Long. 

 U lin. 



Mas, prothorace medio profunde bi-impresso, abdomine 

 segmento 7° dorsali, medio rotundato producto, utrinque 

 dente minore, acuminato, incurvato. 



Fem. latet. 



I describe this species on a single male individual, and 

 my description therefore may prove in some points to be 

 only applicable to that sex. Antennae short, and stout, 

 much thickened tovt^ards the extremity, the three or four 

 basal joints yellow, the rest infuscate, 3rd joint rather 

 longer than 2nd, 4 — 10 transverse, similar to one another 

 in length, each broader than its predecessor, last joint 

 stout, longer than the two preceding. Head blackish, 

 all the back part densely and coarsely punctured, the ex- 

 treme front part shining and impunctate, the eyes large 

 and prominent. Thorax transverse, the sides rounded, and 

 distinctly narrowed behind ; it is rather narrower than the 

 elytra, of a brownish colour, rather strongly and closely 

 punctured, the disc with a large profound double impres- 

 sion. Elytra shining yellowish, distinctly longer than the 

 thorax, rather strongly but not closely punctiured. Hind 

 body parallel, of a brownish colour, with the penultimate 

 segments darker; it is shining, and rather strongly and 

 sparingly punctured, the 5th and 6th segments more 

 sparingly than the basal ones. The legs are yellow. 



Mitzuyama. 



28. Homalota distans, n. sp. (affinis H. palvstri, Kies.) 

 Nitidula, parcius punctulata, nigra, pedibus testaceis, an- 

 tennis piceis basi sordide testaceis, elytris brunneis niti- 

 dulis, abdomine parcius punctato. Long. 1^ — 1| lin. 



Mas, abdomine segmento 7° dorsali granulato asperato. 



Antennae a little thickened towards the extremity, pitchy 

 with the basal joint yellow, and the 2nd and 3rd not so 

 dark as the others, 3rd joint shorter than 2nd, 4 — 10 each 

 distinctly stouter than its predecessor, but scarcely differ- 

 ing from one another in length, the penultimate joints dis- 



