60 COLEOPTERA. 



10. OxYPODA soROR, Thomson, (Ofv. 1855) Skand. Col. 



iii, 24, 1 ; E. C. Rye, Ent. Mo. Mag. vol. iii, p. 6Q. 



This insect, prior to its being found by me in July last 

 under stones at the top of " Gray vel," Rannoch, was taken 

 in some numbers by Mr. Morris Young. 



When alive it is very pale, with the exception of a trifling 

 infuscation in the middle of the abdomen ; and. this light 

 colour, added to its short elytra (which are not so long as the 

 thorax) and long antennae, which are distinctly as long as the 

 head and thorax, and but slightly thickened towards the apex, 

 readily distinguishes it from all our other small testaceous 

 species. 



11. HoMALOTA HYPNORUM, Kics., Stett. Ent. Zeit. xi, 219; 



Kraatz, Ins. Deutschl. ii, 203, 3 ; D. Sharp, Proc. 

 Ent. Soc. 19 Nov. 1866. 

 micansj Muls. 

 Mr. Sharp records the capture by himself of a single 

 specimen of this handsome species in Glen Cannich, Inver- 

 ness-shire ; and I believe that a rather small specimen in my 

 own cabinet, also from Scotland, must be referred to it. 



It is IJ lin. long, linear, black and shining, with testaceous 

 legs, stout antennae, and brown, closely and moderately finely 

 punctured elytra. The second abdominal segment in the 

 male has a slight tubercle in the middle of its upper side; 

 and the penultimate segment is slightly emarginate. 



12. HoMALOTA CRASsicoRNis, Gyll., Ins. Suec. iv, 486, 



20—21 {Aleochara) ; Thomson, Ofv., Skand. Col. iii, 

 56, 2 {Liogluta) ; D. Sharp, Proc. Ent. Soc. 19 Nov. 

 1866. 

 granigera, Kies. ; Ktz., Ins. Deutschl. ii, 207. 

 Three specimens have been taken by Mr. Sharp among 

 dead birch leaves in Glen Cannich. 



