NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1869. 59 



lication of his Monograph, has, I believe, modified his views 

 with respect to the relations of these species, having received 

 further evidence. 



34. HoMALOTA CARBONARIA, Sahib., Ins. Fenn., i, 351; 



D. Sharp, 1. c, 114. 

 ccBruleay Sahib., nee Wat. Cat. 

 ripicola^ Kies., Kr. 

 The H. ccerulea of Wat. Cat. appears to be only the dark- 

 legged variety of -ff. lahilis; but Dr. Sharp records the dis- 

 tinct species of which ccerulea is a synonym from the banks 

 of the Nith. It certainly occurs also, as Dr. Sharp opines, 

 on the banks of the Trent, from which locality I possess spe- 

 cimens, given to me by my friend Dr. Garneys, of Repton. 

 Dr. Power has found it on the banks of the Wansbeck, at 

 Wallington, Northumberland. 



This insect is larger and duller than S, labilis, of a dis- 

 tinct blue colour, and with the legs and antennae blue-black. 



35. HoMALOTA LONDiNENSis, Sharp, 1. c, 118 (described). 



This insect, not rare in marshy places near London (com- 

 mon in wet places, at Epping Forest), usually represents the 

 large form of H^. elongatula in our collections. From that 

 insect it may be known by its larger size and brighter colour, 

 the rather more transverse penultimate joints of its antennae, 

 and its male characters : these are as follows ; the under plate 

 of the 7th segment is produced and narrowed towards the 

 apex, but scarcely bent upwards, and the apex is truncate 

 and a little emarginate, whilst the hind margin of the upper 

 plate is not at all emarginate. From H. luridipennis, which it 

 also resembles, it may be known by its narrower form, bright 

 colour, not transverse thorax, and less marked male characters. 



