104 LUCIOLA PICEA. 



The head is black or obscurely testaceous iu some spc- 

 cimeas , the eyes not very prominent. 



The thorax is transverse, narrowed iu front, thickly 

 punctured, the punctures deep and often confluent, the 

 front finely cariuate, the carina being lost in an obsolete 

 impression in the middle, hind angles a little obtuse and 

 depressed. Elytra thickly, deeply, and leather evenly punctu- 

 red , the punctures ocellated , and often confluent ; testaceous 

 or ferruginous but more or less clouded in the apical two 

 thirds , the suture and margin reflexed , and with the costa 

 are not infuscate till near the apex. 



The breast is sometimes clouded, at others entirely red. 

 The abdomen has the basal four segments black , but with 

 the base itself more or less reddish , the two apical (fifth 

 and sixth) segments pure white and smooth , the fifth being 

 Avidely, not deeply emarginate, and the sixth quite evenly 

 rounded and not excised in any manner, at the apex. 



I have no doubt the specimens are all males , although there 

 is a considerable series of them , the females no doubt 

 being of secluded habits , while the males assemble. That 

 this is the habit of all Lwiolae I think not probable , from 

 the fact that of some species the females are nearly as 

 common as the males. 



The specimens are from Soepajang , Alahan pandjaug , 

 Lebong, Koetoer, Mesauw and Kloempang (Sum. Exp.). 



19. Luciola picea, sp. n. 



Elongata , subcylindrica , nigro-picea , pube brevi griseo 

 vestita ; ore , palpis , pedibusque rufo-piceis , abdominis 

 segmentis tribus apicalibus flavis. — Long. 6^/3 — 7 mil- 

 lim. cT. 



Eyes large but not very prominent, antennae short, 

 reaching only to the middle of the breast, joints four 1o 

 eleven sub-equal, a little longer than broad, pubescent. 

 Thorax transverse, as wide as the elytra at the base, very 

 closely putictured , hind angles very little acute, base 



Notes Irom the Leyclen JMuseiim, "Vol. IV". 



