72 COLEOPTERA. 



73. HoMALOTA NiGRicoRNis, Thomsoii ; D. Sharp, I. c, 



209. 

 Thomsoni, Janson ; Wat. Cat. 

 Dr. Sharp, considering the prior M. nigricornis of Ste- 

 phens as non-existing for all practical purposes, suppresses 

 the name in use here for Thomson's insect. 



74. HoMALOTA CORVINA, Thomson, Oh. Vet. Ac. Forh., 



1856, p. 101 ; id., Sk. Col., iii, 18 (Atheta) ; 

 G. R. Crotch, Cat. Col., Ed. 2; D. Sharp, 1. c, 

 212. 



lepidttj Kr. 

 Dr. Sharp thinks that, judging from descriptions, these 

 two insects are identical. 



75. HoMALOTA PUBERULA, Sharp, 1. c, 213. 



Very rare ; taken by Dr. Sharp and Dr. Power at Mickle- 

 ham, in September. I possess a single specimen, taken in 

 the London district. 



This species is about the size of H. corvina, to which it is 

 allied, but may be known from that insect by its more par- 

 allel shape, broader thorax, and the finer and more sparing 

 punctuation of the anterior parts of its body. 



76. HoMALOTA ATOMARiA, Kr., Ins. Deutschl., ii., 254; 

 D. Sharp, 1. c, 214. 

 minuscula, Brisout, teste Kr. 

 This very small (| lin.), black and shining species, which 

 has scarcely any visible punctuation or pubescence, has been 

 found by Dr. Sharp in cut grass at Thornhill, and is in the 

 collections of Mr. Waterhouse and others. 



