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For a Finsler space \(F_{n,y}=(X_n, F)\), \(n=\dim X_n\), with Finsler metric \(g\), possibly indefinite, a diffeomorphism \(\psi : X_n \to X_n\) is called a homothetic motion if \(\psi^* g = \lambda g\). In the paper under review, the following statements concerning the group \(G\) of homothetic motions of \(F_{n,y}\)are proved. (1) If \(F_{n,y}\) admits \(G\) whose dimension is greater than \({n(n-1) \over 2}+3\), then \(F_{n,y}\) is a Euclidean or a pseudo-Euclidean space, and admits an \(({n(n+1) \over 2} + 1)\)-dimensional group of homothetic motions. (2) There is the lacuna \({n(n-1) \over 2} + 3 < r < {n(n+1) \over 2} + 1\) in the sequence of dimensions of homothetic groups. (3) The maximal dimension of \(G\) is \({n(n-1) \over 2}+3\). (4) There are only two types of Finsler spaces whose group of homothetic motions has maximal dimension. For each of these spaces there is found an explicit coordinate expression for the metric function \(F\) with respect to a special coordinate system.