ALAMPYRIS. 219 
-. » gubtiliter punctulata, carina laterali interdum usque prope apicem integra, interdum obsoleta ; epipleure 
parum elevate. 
This genus consists of a number of species of small size and dusky colouring, bearing 
a striking resemblance to species of Glowworm of the genus Photinus. In some of 
them the abdomen beneath has several segments clothed with whitish pubescence, in 
imitation of the luminous organs of Lampyride; but this feature they possess in 
common with a large number of American Phyteciini of widely different genera. The 
elytral carinee in some of the species are not distinct ribs, but only the edges of the 
angles formed by the vertical epipleuree with the dorsal surface; and they disappear in 
some species, where the sides of the elytra are expanded. The males of some of the 
species closely resemble in form the genus Alicia (Thoms.), in which the antenne are 
clothed above and beneath in the same way with long soft hairs; but they have not the 
almost completely divided eyes of that genus. One of the species was included in 
Pannychis by Thomson. 
1. Alampyris fuliginea. 
Angusta, linearis, fusco-nigra, opaca, capite (vertice excepto) thoracisque vitta laterali obliqua antice latiore 
albo tomentosis ; antennis corpori longitudine equalibus, dense pubescentibus, pilisque longis undique 
(precipue infra) obsitis, articulis 3°-6™ basi testaceis; elytris apice rotundatis, carina laterali apicem fere 
attingente. 
Var. a. Thoracis vitta lateralis flava ; corpus subtus cinereo tenuiter pubescens. 
Var. 6. Thoracis vitta lateralis ut in typo; sed elytrorum margo lateralis pallidus et cinereo pubescens. 
Var.c. Thorax et vertex (medio nigro excepto) testaceo-rufi. 
Var. d. Thoracis vitta lateralis obsoleta ; prosternum ante coxas album. 
Long. 3-4 lin. 
Hab. Mexico, Parada, Guanajuato (Sallé); var. a, Cuernavaca; var. 6, Juquila; 
-var.c, Parada. 
2. Alampyris curta. | | 
A, fuliginea latior, linearis, nigra, capite et thorace albo-tomentosis, thorace medio et vertice interdum macula 
triangulari nigris, vel thorace nigro vitta laterali alba; antennis utroque sexu quam corpus multo bre- 
vioribus, griseo-nigris, articulo tertio basi testaceo ; elytris deplanatis, carina laterali usque fere ad apicem 
extensa, epipleuris modice elevatis, apice obtuse rotundatis ; corpore subtus pedibusque nigris subnitidis. 
Long. 43 lin. ¢ Q. 
Hab. Mexico, Capulalpam, Puebla, Oaxaca (Sallé). 
I have adopted the specific name attached to specimens received some years ago from 
Deyrolle of Paris. 
8. Alampyris nigra. 
A, fuliginee quoad formam similis, elytris valde deplanatis, sed medio longitudinaliter paullulum elevatis, 
Nigra, fasciola subter oculum alba ; antennis brevibus, articulo tertio versus apicem gradatim subincrassato, 
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