LUCIÜLA CEREA. 103 



or three succeeding it, and the claw seems to be stouter 

 and less appendicular. 



The present species almost exactly resembles the central 

 American Lucidota hella. The thorax is rather shorter, and 

 less brightly coloured , or the insects might really be con- 

 founded ! 



17. Diaphanes fuscipennis , sp. u. 



Latus , obongus, pallide testaceus; thorace amplo, ely- 

 trorum fere latitudine, antennis, tibiis et tarsis elytrisque 

 plumbeo-fuscis his tenuissime testaceo-marginatis. — Long. 

 15 millim., lat. 7 millim. cT. 



Thorax nearly as long as wide , broadly rounded not 

 narrowed in front ; the front margin reflexed , translucent 

 in the concavity , the disc shining at the base , very obso- 

 letely carinate in front. The whole underside pale yellow, 

 almost white in places, and the legs with the exception 

 of the tibiae and tarsi of the same pale colour. 



The eyes are sub-contiguous beneath , the mouth slightly 

 pale pitchy. 



This species is unlike any Diaphanes yet described in 

 having the underside of the body quite pale. The thorax 

 is also shorter than in the other species. 



A single specimen from the Peak of Indrapoera (Sum. Exp.). 



18. Luciola cerea, sp. n. 



Oblonga , parallela , ferruginea ; capite , abdomineque basi 

 nigris ; thoracis disco macula indistincta , antennis , tibiis , 

 tarsis, elytrisque in dimidio apicali infuscatis; his costa 

 humerali valde elevata , ad apicem fere provecta. — Long. 

 5 — (5 millim. cf. 



Nearly allied to L. costipennis Gorh. Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond. 1880, p. 102; and with it forming a distinct sec- 

 tion easily recognised by the single elevated humeral costa , 

 which divides the elytron into two flat areae. 



Notes Iroiii the JLicyden JMuseum, "Vol. W. 



