NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1869. 63 



in my own collection, from the London district), all others 

 representing that insect being H. fun givor a ; which is smaller, 

 with the antennas apparently more thickened towards the 

 extremity, the thorax a little less transverse, and the hinder 

 margin of the upper plate of the 7th segment in the male 

 nearly straight (instead of broadly emarginate), and often 

 exhibiting traces of a small notch in the middle. 



44. HoMALOTA PiciPES, Thoms. ; D. Sharp, 1. c, 145. 

 fusco-femorata, Wat. 



Dr. Sharp, ignoring the prior S. picipes of Stephens as 

 non-existent, repudiates the name suggested by Mr. Water- 

 house for Thomson's insect. 



The specimens of this insect with the deep triangular 

 excision on the 7th dorsal plate appear to be females. 



45. HoMALOTA suBGLABRA, Sharp, 1. c, 149 (described). 



Found only in the Scotch mountains, and allied, according 

 to its describer, to H. monticola, from which it is to be dis- 

 tinguished by its much smaller size and finer punctuation, 

 and the absence of any marked male characters. It is also 

 stated to be rather broader, more robustly built, and more 

 shining than H. palustris, 



46. HoMALOTA PiLicoRNis, Thomson ; G. R. Crotch, Cat., 

 ed. 1 & 2; Rye, Cat. Brit. Beetles j D. 

 Sharp, 1. c, 155. 

 pilosa, Ktz. ; Wat. Cat. 



47. HoMALOTA FALLACiosA, Sharp, 1. c, 157 (described). 

 Found only in Scotland ; at Rannoch and Thornhill. 

 Allied to H. debilisy but less depressed, more robust, 

 neither so shining nor so brightly coloured, with narrower and 



