652 NEW SPECIES OF LAMPYRIDiE, 



B. Head received into, but not hidden by prothorax (LuciOLiNiE). 

 LuciOLA PUDiCA, sp.n. 



Dark reddish fuscous, finely pubescent; head black; prothorax, 

 scutellum, sterna, and legs (except the tibiae and tarsi) reddish 

 testaceous ; abdomen bright yellow. 



Head deeply excavated between the eyes ; the excavation finely 

 punctured, shining. Antennae rather long, pubescent, the first 

 two joints black, the others dark fuscous. Prothorax transverse, 

 nearly quadrangular, finely and moderately closely punctured ; 

 feebly bisinuate both in front and behind ; the anterior margin and 

 the sides strongly, and the posterior margin moderately strongly 

 reflexed, the former impressed on each side behind the upturned 

 portion ; an uninter^'upted median line, and an indistinct impres- 

 sion on each side just behind the middle. Scutellum finely punc- 

 tured. Elytra finely rugulose-punctate, the pubescence short 

 and fine, closer than that of the prothorax, the suture slightly 

 elevated, no distinct costse, a faint indication of one near the 

 base. Underside clear reddish testaceous ; abdominal segments 

 yellow, the apical one produced to a point in the middle, slightly 

 sinuate on each side. Legs pale reddish testaceous ; tibiae darker, 

 inclining to fuscous especially externally ; tarsi fuscous. Length 

 6J-8 mm. 



Bowen, Queensland ; New South Wales (A.M.). 



I have examined six or eight specimens, all of which I believe 

 to be males on account of the pointed form of the last abdominal 

 segment ; the species is evidently an ally of Luciola antennata, 

 E. Oliv.,* and L. austrahs, Fabr., but it is much smaller than 

 the measurement indicated by Boisduval beside his very indifferent 

 figure of the latter. 



Two other species of the genus Luciola are known to me — the 

 L. JlavicoUis, Macl., and what I regard as the L. dejeani, Gem., 

 (ajncalis, Boisd.), but as the single line of description submitted 



* Ann. Mus. Genov. xxii. p. 365, pi. 5, fig. 8 (1885). 



