NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1869. 57 



have found it commonly on the banks of the Thames, near 

 Hammersmith Bridge, in tufts of grass; the male being 

 there nearly as common as the female. 



27. HoMALOTA PAVENS, Er., Col. March., 1, 689 j Gen. et 



Spec. Staph., 85; D. Sharp, 1. c, 98. 

 Aloconota Ussonura, Thorns. 



This insect, hitherto erroneously considered in this country 

 as a synonym of S. sulcifrons, is rather smaller than that 

 species, with the head and thorax less shining and less spa- 

 ringly punctured, the antennae more thickened towards the 

 apex, and with shorter joints. 



The male has an elongate raised tubercle on the upper side 

 of the 6th abdominal segment, reaching nearly to the apex 

 (instead of being in the middle), and 4 indistinct teeth on 

 the hind margin of the 7th segment, much as in M, sul- 

 cifrons. 



Recorded by Dr. Sharp from Scotland and Brighton. I 

 have taken it at Shirley. 



28. HoMALOTA EiCHOFFi, Scriba, Berl. Ent. Zeit., 1867, 



390; D. Sharp, 1. c, 99. 

 ? dehilicornis, Wat. Cat. 

 Allied to the next species, but distinguished from it by 

 being rather larger, more shining, with the head narrowed 

 in front, rather stouter antennae and shorter and paler elytra. 

 Found by Dr. Sharp and Mr. Crotch on the borders of 

 Loch Rannoch, in May, 1866. 



29. HoMALOTA CAMBRiCA, Wollaston, Zool., 1855, App. 



ccv; Wat. Cat.; D. Sharp, 1. c, 100. 

 veloxy Ktz. 

 Dr. Sharp, on the authority as well of the description as 



