258 Insecta, Pterodicera, 



Uomdlise. Geoff. Ilist. des Insect. , tom. i ^ pag- iSo, pl. 2 j, ii 



Omalise sutural. Oliv, Entom. , tom. 2 , n^. 24 , pl. i , fig. 1, ^ 

 a. h. c. d. e. \ 



Omalisus suturalis. Fab. System. eleut.^ tom. 2 , p(ig- 108. 



Omalise sutural. Latr. Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect, , 

 tom. 9 , pag. 83 , pL 75 , fig. 5. 



Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. j fasc. 55 , fig. 12. 



CXVII. Genus. Lampyris. Lampyre. 



Lampyris , LiNN. , Geoff. ^ de Geer , Fab. , Oliv. , 

 Lamarck. 



Caput lliorace penitus aut postlce absconditum saltem 

 infraque saepius in cavitate sterni antici partimreceptum. 

 Os parvum. JMaxillce processu cluplici. Palpi raaxillares 

 articulo ultimo trigono-ovato , compresso , ad apicem 

 acuto. Antennce ixv\aq,\>\\% cjlindricis, compressis , lertio 

 sequentium longitudine , secundo tantum minore. 



Corpus molle. Oculi maximi. Thorax saepius semi- 

 circularis. 



/. Thorax semicircularis , caput plane occultans. 



Spec. i. LAMPYRisHESPERAj,LampyreIIesper. 



L. Ovata ; thorace pallido-lutescente , macula postica obscuro- 

 fusca ; elytris fuscis , jnacula maiginali medlum ultra, obliqua, 

 riangulari , flava ; abdomine fusco , apice flavo. 



Lampyris hespera. Linn. System. nat. , eJ. i5 , tom. 1 , pars 1 , 

 pag. 644. 



Lampyre de Surinam. De Geer. Mem. s, l. Insect., tom. 4^ 



pag. 48^ pl. -y-] ,fig- 1. 



Lampyris Hespera. Fab. System. eleut. , tom. 2 , pag. 107. 

 Lampyre Hesper. Ohir. Entom., tom. 1 , n^. 28, p/, 1 , fig. 6. 

 Habitat ia America ^quinoctiali. 



