74 COLEOPTERA. 



80. HoMALOTA suBTiLis, ScHba, Berl. Ent. Zeit, 1866, 



128 ; D. Sharp, 1. c, 226. 



Allied to a, sericea, but distinguished by its denser 

 punctuation and pubescence, its longer elytra, and tbe thinner 

 joints (especially 2 — 6) of its antennae ; also somewhat re- 

 sembling H. celattty but with its abdomen much more 

 sparingly punctured than in that species. 



Rare; found by Dr. Sharp in several parts of Scotland, 

 by single specimens, which he supposes to be all males. 

 These appear to differ slightly from two female types sent to 

 Mr. Crotch by Herr Scriba. 



81. HoMALOTA INDUBIA, Sharp, 1. c, 227 (described). 

 Scarcely larger than H. sericea, but blacker, still more 



sparingly pubescent, and, therefore, more shining, with the 

 antennae not quite so stout, and the 7th abdominal segment 

 distinctly (for a small species, even coarsely) crenulated in 

 the male. 



Found rarely by Dr. Sharp at Thornhill, and near Edin- 

 burgh and Dumfries. 



82. HoMALOTA INDISCRETA, Sharp, 1. c, 228 (described). 

 Closely allied to H. sericea, but darker in colour, more 



depressed, rather broader but more narrowed to the front, 

 with finer, denser, and more regular pubescence, and the 

 elytra longer in proportion to the thorax. Also aUied to 

 H, induMa, but with shorter antennae, which are more 

 thickened towards the apex (having joints 5—10 distinctly 

 transverse), and the 7th abdominal segment of the male 

 not crenulated. 



Found rarely by Dr. Sharp at Thornhill, and in Inverness- 

 shire. 



