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1. Lucidota silphoides. 
Lucidota silphoides, Gorh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 18’. 
Hab. British Honpuras, river Sarstoon (Blancaneausx !); Guatemata (Sallé). 
The specimen described is a female, and, with the exception of one in Sallé’s collec- 
tion (which has lost the abdomen and has the filamentary pectination abraded from 
the antenne), is all I have yet seen of this species. The pectination is double, a pair 
of short rami springing from each side of the base of the third to the tenth one. 
It is therefore not improbable that this species may have to be referred to Drilo- 
lampadius. 
2. Lucidota bella. (Tab. III. fig. 4.) 
Lucidota bella, Gorh. loc. cit." 
Hab. Mexico, Cordova, Tuxtla, Teapa; GuatEMALa, Zapote!, San Gerénimo, Cubulco, 
San Juan, Senahu (Champion) ; Honpuras (Sad/é); Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 
The specimen figured is one from Zapote. 
In M. Sallé’s collection this species is named “ ¢horacica, Oliv.” It is true that 
Photinus thoracicus, Oliv. (Ent. ii. p. 27, t. 3. f. 29), is probably a Lucidota; I have, 
however, no reason at present for thinking it to be identical with this species, and have 
not as yet seen L. bella from South America. 
3. Lucidota rubricollis. 
Lucidota rubricollis, Gorh. tom. cit. p. 19°. 
Hab. Mexico, Playa Vicente (Sallé); Guaremana, La Tinta (Champion); Nicaragua, 
Chontales! (Janson, Belt). 
4. Lucidota apicicornis. 
Lucidota apicicornis, Gorh. tom. cit. p. 20. 
Hab. Nicaragua, Chontales (Belt). 
Species of Zucidota, Photinus, and Photuris are so frequentiy similarly coloured as to 
suggest that mimicry has affected them, as well as that it explains the singular resem- 
blances of many species of this tribe to those of Lycide, Telephoride, Cleride, 
Longicornia, Hispide, &c., and even to insects of other orders, as Blattide. This 
species is superficially very like Photuris lucidicollts, Gorh. The much longer compressed 
antenne with white apical joints may serve for a ready distinction. 
| 5. Lucidota osculatii. 
Lucidota osculatii, Guérin, Wiener Verz. v. 1855, p. 580°; Gorh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 207. 
Hab. Nicaracua, Chontales ? (Belt, Janson).—Sovutu America, Colombia}. 
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