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obsoletely rufous : venter, with an interrupted obsolete rufous 

 line on each side. 



Length eleven-twentieths of an inch. 



An inhabitant of Pennsylvania, which I also found in the 

 State of Illinois. [178] 



LYCUS Fab. 



1. L. TERMiNALis. — [Ante, 1, 45.] 



2. L. SANGUiNiPENNis. — [Ante, 1, 45.] [179] 



LAMPYRIS Lin. 



1. L. NIGRICANS. — Brownish-black; thorax with a rufous spot 

 each side within the margin. 



Inhabits the United States. 



Lamj)yi-is nigricans Knoch in Melsh. Catal. 



Mandibles piceous : antennae compressed, very slightly serrated : 

 thorax with a rufous oblong-oval spot each side, which does not 

 attain either the anterior or basal edges ; margin uninterrupted ; 

 disk black, elytra minutely scabrous, with about two obsoletely 

 elevated lines : pectus with two rufous spots corresponding with 

 those of the thorax. 



Length less than one-fourth of an inch. 



Var. a. Larger and deeper black. 



Length three-tenths of an inch. 



Differs from corrusca in being much more oblong, much 

 smaller, the thoracic spots never attaining the edge of the thorax 

 in any part. The variety is found on the Missouri. 



[Belongs to Fhotinns as amended by Lacordaire, Gen. Coleop. 

 4, 321.— Lec] 



CANTHARIS Lin. Fab. 

 1. C. MODESTUS. — Black ; front, feet, and margin of the tho- 

 rax, yellowish ; elytral margin and suture pale ; second joint of 

 the antennae as long as the third. 



Inhabits Missouri. [180] 



Body black ; face, first joint of the antennae, and base of the 

 palpi yellowish : clypeus at tip dusky : thorax quadrate ; anterior 

 angles rounded : posterior edge and dilated lateral margin yel- 

 lowish-rufous : elytra slightly and obtusely scabrous, somewhat 



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