2 58 Insecta. Pterodicera. 



iJomaUse. Geoff. Hist. des Insect. , tom. i , p^^g- 180 »/)/. 2^ 



Omalise sutural. Oliv. Entoni. , tom. 2 , n^. a4 , j)l. t , fig. i , 

 a. b. c. d. e. 



Omalisus suturalis. Fab. System. eleut., tom, 2 , pag. 108. 



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

 tom. 9 , pci-g. 83 , pl. 75 , fig. 5. 



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



CXVII. Genus. Lampyris. Lampyre. 



Lampyris , LiNN., Geoff. , de Geer, Fab. , OLir., 



Lamarck. 



Caput ihorace penitus aut postice absconditum saltem 

 infraquesaepius in cavitate sterni antici partimreceptum. 

 Os parvam. Maxillce processu duplici. Palpi maxillares 

 articulo ultimo trigono-ovato , compresso , ad apicem 

 acuto. AntenncB articulis cjlindricis, compressis , tertio 

 sequentium longitudine , secundo tantum minore. 



Corpus molle. Oculi maximi. Tliorax saepius semi- 

 circularis. • 



/. Thorax semicircularls , caput plane occultans. 



Spec. 1. Lampyris Hespera. Lampyre Hesper. 



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

 fusca ; elytris fuscis , macula marginali medium ultra, obliqua, 

 riangulari , flava ; abdomine fusco , apice flavo. 



Lampyris hespera. Link. System. nat. , ed. i5 ^ tom. 1 , pars 2, 

 pag- 644. 



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

 pag. 48, pl. i-j^fig. 1. 



Lampyris Hespera. Fab. System. eleut. , tom. 1 , pag. 107. 



Lampyre Hesper. Onr, Entom., tom. 2 , ?»". 28, ph 1 , fig. 6, 



Habitat in' America yEquinoctiali. 



