NEW BRITISH SPECIES, ETC., IN 1869. 71 



of the 7th abdominal segment in the female conspicuously 

 fringed with closely-set parallel cilia and distinctly excised. 



Found by Dr. Sharp at Shirley and near Edinburgh. I 

 have taken it at Putney, in rotten vegetable matter. 



69. HoMALOTA DiVERSA, Sharp, 1. c, 201 (described). 



Allied to H. succicola, but not quite so shining, rather 

 more depressed, with darker elytra, and differently formed 

 antennae, of which the fourth joint is not transverse, and 

 only a little narrower than the 5th, the following joints are 

 narrower, and the terminal joint is much shorter. Also 

 allied iofungicolaj from which its larger size, darker colour 

 and less parallel form will distinguish it. 



Found in Perthshire and Dumfries-shire. 



70. HoMALOTA BOLETOBiA, Thomson, 1856 ; G. R. Crotch, 



Cat. Col., Ed. 2; D. Sharp, 1. c, 202. 

 nigritulay Kr. ; Wat. Cat. 

 According to Mr. Waterhouse, Proc. Ent. Soc, 1863, 

 xxxviii, this insect is the pubescens of Heer, (1839), in 

 which opinion he is followed by De Marseul and Stein. 



71. HoMALOTA NiGRiTULA, Grav., Col. Mic, 85 (1802) ; 



Gyll., Ins. Suec, ii, 408 ; G. R. Waterhouse, Proc. 

 Ent. Soc, 1863 ; G. R. Crotch, 1. c. 5 D. Sharp, 

 1. c, 203. 

 lituratay Wat. Cat. 



72. HoMALOTA GAGATiNA, Baudi, Stud. Ent., 119 (1848) ; 



G. R. Crotch, Cat. Col., Ed. Ij D. Sharp, 1. c, 



206. 



compressicoUiSf Thoms. 



variabilis, Kr. ; Wat. Cat. 



