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FAMILY XL. LAMPYRID.K 



1562 (4X27). Pnonxrs CONSAXCII M:VS Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



V, 1851, 335. 



Elongate, rather slender. Dusky or piceous; thorax yellow, with a 

 black median bar on basal half, this bordered with pinkish on each side; 

 elytra with suture and side margins pale. Surface of elytra finely granu- 

 late, with one or two suhobsi.lelc cariiue. Female with sixtli ventral seg- 

 ment dark piceous. Length 8-12.5 mm. 



Porter, .Marshall and Kosciusko counties; scarce. June 3- 

 . I nne 19. 



150", (4X2!)). PIIOTINTS ARDENS Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. V. 1851, 



334. 



Elongate, slender. Fuscous or piceous; thorax with side margins and 

 apex pale; elytra with suture and narrow side margins yellowish. An- 

 tenme very slender. Thorax semicircular, base truncate, margins wide, 

 translucent, feebly reflexed. Elytra finely and densely granulate. Length 

 0-11 mm. 



Kosciusko and Posey counties, scarce; also two Indiana speci- 

 mens in Webster collection. June 22-Jnne 25. 



P. i>i<>n'/nl<il(i Lee., fusco-piceous, Ihorax dusky with sides 

 dusky, length 10-11.5 mm., is known from Illinois and Kansas. 



1564 (4835). PHOTINHS PYKALIS Linn., Syst Nat., Ed. XII, 1785, 644. 



Elongate - oblong, r a t h e r 

 robust. Piceous-brown ; thorax 

 with margins dull yellow, the 

 convex disk roseate and with 

 a central black spot. Elytra 

 with suture and narrow side 

 margins pale. Thorax with a 

 short dorsal channel. Male 



Fig. 318. a, larva; /, e, d, head, under side of segment and leg of \yith hind margin of fourth 

 same; 6, pupa in its earthen cell ; c, beetle. (After Riley.) _., ,,_, nf +1 _ succeeding 



ventral segments yellow ; female with dusky spots at base of fifth segment ; 

 sixth dusky, margined with yellow. Length 10-14 mm. (Fig. 318.) 



Tippecanoe, Madison, Vi'o, .Marion and Lawrence counties; 

 frequent. June 8-July 29. 



1565 (4836). PHOTIKUS MA.RGINELLUS Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. A'. 



1851, 335. 



Elongate, slender. Pale, dull yellow; disk of thorax roseate without 

 or with only a trace of a black spot ; antenna? and legs dusky. Elytra finely 

 granulate and pubescent. Length 6-8 mm. 



Kr-sciiTskn. Crawford and Posey counties; scarce. June 2-Au- 

 gu st 11. The form here described is the pale variety casta Lee. 

 The typical Form is colored similar to si'ii 



