68 APPENDIX. 



Homalota depauperata, n. sp. 



H. angustulo-linearis, subnitida, parce pubescens, capite vix, pro 

 thorace subtilissime, sed elytris paululum evidentius punctulatis ; 

 capite parvo, rotundato-ovali, nigro-piceo, oculis minutis ac valde 

 demissis ; prothorace parvo, angusto, rufo-ferrugineo, ad latera 

 subrecto, obsolete (postice evidentius) canaliculato ; elytris parvis, 

 brevibus, subtestaceo-fuscis, versus angulos externos posticos vix 

 obseurioribus ; abdomine nitido, paree asperato-punetato, fusco- 

 ferrugineo, in medio nigrescentiore ; antennis subgracilibus, fusco- 

 testaceis, basi paulo dilutioribus ; pedibus pallide testaceis. Long, 

 corp. lin. 1-i-. 



Habitat in Gomera, a DD. Crotch semel capta. 



A single specimen of the Homalota described above was taken by 

 the Messrs. Crotch in Gomera ; and it differs so very decidedly from 

 all the other members of the genus enumerated in this volume, that I 

 am compelled, even in the absence of further material, to treat it as 

 new. It may be recognized by its narrow, linear outline, and by its 

 head, eyes, prothorax, and elytra being each of them very small 

 or, as it were, reduced in dimensions in proportion to the size of 

 the insect. The punctures of its head (which is of a blackish-piceous 

 tint) are almost obsolete, being barely traceable even beneath the 

 microscope ; those of its prothorax (which is reddish-ferruginous), 

 although extremely minute, are more perceptible; whilst those of 

 its (testaceous-brown and greatly abbreviated) elytra, though like- 

 wise very small, are comparatively distinct. Its antennae are some- 

 what slender, and of a brownish-testaceous hue; and its legs are 

 extremely pale. 



Genus OXYPODA. 

 Mannerheim, Brachel 69 (1831). 



Oxypoda obsccena, n. sp. 



0. rufo-ferruginea, subnitida, minute sericeo-pubescens, dense et 

 minute punctulata; capite subrotundato, oculis parvis; elytris 

 brevissimis ; abdomine in medio nigrescentiore ; antennis brunneis, 

 ad basin saturate testaceis ; pedibus pallide testaceis. Long. corp. 

 lin. vix 1^. 



Habitat Teneriffam, a DD. Crotch semel tantum deprehensa. 



Captured by the Messrs. Crotch in Teneriffe, though only a single 

 example. The species which it appears to represent is closely allied 

 to the 0. brevipennis (found likewise in that island, as well as in 

 Gomera), but is a little larger, with its head somewhat rounder and 



