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FAMILY XL. — LAMPYRID.L. 



15H2 (4S27). riidijiNrs coNSANonNErs Leo., Froc. Phil. Acad. JS'at. Hci., 

 V, 1851, 335. 

 Elongate, rather slender. Dusky or piceous; thorax yellow, with a 

 black median bar on basal half, this bordered with pinkish on each side; 

 elytra with suture and side margins pale. Surface of elytra finely granu- 

 late, with one or two subobsolete carinje. Female with sixth ventral seg- 

 ment dark piceous. Length 8-12.5 ram. 



Porter, Marshall and Kosciusko coniities; scarce. June 3- 

 June 19. 



1563 (4829). Piiotinus akdens Lee, I'roc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci.. V, 1851. 



334. 

 Elongate, slender. Fuscous or piceous ; thorax with side margins and 

 apex pale; elytra with suture and narrow side margins yellowish. An- 

 tennie very slender. Thorax semicircular, base truncate, margins wide, 

 translucent, feebly reflexed. Elytra finely and densely granulate. Length 

 6-11 mm. 



Kosciusko and Posey counties, scarce; also two Indiana speci- 

 mens in Webster collection. June 22-June 25. 



P. p'uncinlaia Lee, fusco-piceous, thorax dusky with sides 

 dusky, length 10-11 .ft unn.. is knoAvn t'l-om Illinois and Kansas. 



1564 (4835). Photini s pyralis Linn., Syst. Nat., Ed. XII, 1785, 644. 



Elongate- oblong, rather 



robust. Piceous-brown ; thorax 

 with margins dull yellow, the 

 convex dislv roseate and with 

 a central black spot. Elytra 

 with suture and narrow side 

 margins pale. Thorax with a 

 short dorsal channel. Male 



Fig. 318. a, larva; /, e, d, head, under side of segment and leg of vvith hind mar""in of fourth 

 same; fe, pupa in its earthen cell; c, beetle. (After Rile v.) -, , , ,. ,, 



and whole ot the succeeding; 

 ventral segments yellow ; female with dusky spots at base of fifth segment ; 

 sixth dusky, margined with yellow. Length 10-14 mm. (Fig. 318.) 



Tippecanoe, IMadison. Vigo, Marion and Lawrence counties; 

 frequent. June S-July 29. 



1565 (4836). Photinus marginellus Lee, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., V, 



1851, 335. 

 Elongate, slender. Pale, dull yellow; disk of thorax roseate without 

 or with only a trace of a black spot ; antennjie and legs dusky. Elytra finely 

 granulate and pubescent. Length 6-8 mm. 



Kosciusko, CraAvford and Posey counties; scarce. June 2-Au- 

 gust 11. The form here described is the pale variety caMa Lee. 

 The typical form ir; colored similar to s^chrtillnns. 



