66 COLEOPTERA. 



53. HoMALOTA cuRTiPENNis, Sharp, 1. c, 173 (described). 

 ? Atheta hrevicej^s, Thorns. 



Found only in Scotland ; at Rannoch, on the Pentlands, 

 and near Thornhill. 



Allied to H. gemina ; but with shorter and stouter an- 

 tennae and shorter elytra than that species. 



54. HoMALOTA CAViFRONS, Sharp, 1. c, 177 (described). 

 Also only found in the hilly districts of Scotland. 

 It is very closely allied to H. analis, differing from that 

 common insect in having the head of its male broadly and 

 very distinctly impressed, instead of convex, and (in the 

 same sex) the ventral plate of the 7th abdominal segment 

 considerably produced, and the hind margin furnished in the 

 middle with a bunch of 5 or 6 distinct black hairs. In the 

 female, the notch of the 7th segment is broader and deeper 

 than in analis; and in both sexes the elytra are shorter. 



55. HoMALOTA siMiLLiMA, Sharp, 1. c. (described). 



Found only on the banks of the Nith, and its tributary 

 Cairn Water, under stones, in company with Scopceus 

 Erichsoni. 



Very like small //. analis, but more parallel, flatter, more 

 unicolorous, still more finely and densely punctured, less 

 shining, and with the thorax flatter and more transverse and 

 less distinctly foveolate at the base. Also closely allied to 

 jff. cavifrons, and possessing similar sexual characters, but 

 separable by the above characters, and by its elytra being 

 longer than the thorax, and not narrowed at the shoulders. 



56. HoMALOTA DEciPiENS, Sharp, 1. c, 179. 

 Occurs at Chatham, Weymouth, Southend, Hammersmith, 

 Charlton and elsewhere in the South, and is probably con- 



