298 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
PYRACTOMENA Lee. 
P. an gu lata Say. Throughout the State VI, VII, nowhere common; per¬ 
haps the most brilliant of our fire-flies. 
P. ecostata Lee. Anglesea VII, in salt meadows; the larvae in the marsh¬ 
es among snails (div). 
y/ P- lucifera Mels. Throughout the State south of the Piedmont plain 
from mid-May through June. 
PHOTINUS Lap. 
P. co nsanguineus Lee. Hud¬ 
son Co. (LI); Orange 
Mts. and Newark Dist. 
(div); Anglesea (W); g. 
d. (Li). 
P. lineellus Lee. Orange 
(Ch); Atco (Li); rare. 
P. pyralis Linn. Piedmont 
""" l)Iain and northward, in 
June; a moderate-sized 
species with quite a 
bright light. 
P. marginellus Lee. Throughout the State VI, VII; locally the most 
common form; flies low and has a yellow light. The female is half¬ 
winged and does not fly. 
P. scintillans Say. Throughout the State, usually the most common 
form; flies VI, lingers until VIII; habits and light as in preceding. 
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PHOTURIS Lee. 
P. permsylvanica DeG. Throughout the State 
VI to VII, 15; the largest and most bril¬ 
liant of our common species; flies high 
and shines with a greenish light; locally 
absent. 
P. frontalis Lee. Riverton VI, 17, VII, 3 (GG); 
, Anglesea VII (div). Smaller than the pre¬ 
ceding, but with a similar light. 
PHENGODES III. 
P. longicornis Barber, (plumosa Oliv.) Ches- 
' “Ter V, 29 (Marsh); Palisades VI, 22 (Dke); 
Staten Island (Ds). The males of these 
species are not luminous; but the larvae and wingless females which 
are found under stones are the most brilliant of all our forms, giving 
off light from lateral points along the body. They are extremely rare. 
Mr. Joutel records a larva Newfoundland VII, 4. 
P. laticollis Lee. Orange VI, 20 (Ch); Lahaway V, 15, VI, 24 (Coll). 
Fig. 115 .—Photuris penn- 
sylvanica: a, larva; b, 
its leg; c, adult: 
a and b enlarged. 
Fig. 114.—Fire-fly, Photin'us pyralis: a, larva; 
b, pupa in underground cell; c, adult; d to 
fj enlarged details of larva. 
