76 COLEOPTERA. 



87. HoMALOTA CELATA, Er., Col. Mai'ch., i, 335 ; id., Gen. 

 et Spec. Staph., 122; Kr.; G. R. Crotch, Cat. Col. 

 Ed. 1; D. Sharp, 1. c, 237. 

 Atheta dadoporUj Thorns., sec. typ. 

 A small, but rather robust species, readily distinguished 

 from H. sericea and its allies by its more densely punctured 

 abdomen, and from H. sordidula by its broader and less 

 depressed form. 



Found rarely near London. 



This species is included in both editions of Mr. Crotch's 

 Catalogue (in the second, with a query). 



88. HoMALOTA CANESCENS, Sharp, 1. c, 239 (described). 



Readily distinguished from //. celata by its smaller size, 

 more depressed form and darker colour, and the closer punc- 

 tuation of the apical segments of its abdomen. Also allied 

 to H. sordidula, but broader and more parallel, with the 

 antennae (especially the terminal joint) shorter, the thorax 

 shorter, and the punctuation throughout not quite so close 

 and fine. 



Found rarely at Thornhill, Brockenhurst, Weybridge and 

 Croydon, probably in stercore. 



89. HoMALOTA MACROCERA, Thoms., Ofv. Vet. Ac. Forh., 

 1856, 106 ; id., Sk. Col, iii, 96 {Atheta) ; D. Sharp, 

 1. c, 244. 

 Found by Dr. Sharp commonly {in stercore) near Thorn- 

 hill, and rarely in other parts of Scotland ; never in Eng- 

 land. 



This rather narrow insect, with evidently pointed abdomen, 

 is stated by Dr. Sharp to be not very closely allied to any 



