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easih' be recognized b}^ its shorter antennae^ which are slender and 

 not pectinate, by the longitudinal carina of the prothorax distinct 

 throughout its whole length ; by its rough and indistinctly 

 punctured elytra, which have only one raised line, and with the 

 base near the scutellum narrowly pale yellowish. The luminous 

 parts are one large transverse eburated spot on the middle of the 

 fifth and sixth ventral plates ; the last and the pygidium are 

 yellow. 



The ver}^ fine yellowish margins of the elytra are sometimes 

 scarcely marked. 



A large series of specimens of this species, all males, was 

 collected fl3^ing at dusk, at Kobo (400 feet). 



Themus aborensis, nov. sp. 



OhlonguSy fusciis ; capitis dimidio antico, antennarmn duobus 

 primis articuUs, prothorace, prosterno, coxis, femorum anticorum et 

 mediorum basi, tarsorumque unguiculis, aurantiacis ; prothorace 

 laevi, nitido, transverso, subquadrato , angiitis rotundatis , niargtnibus 

 erectis ; scutello parvo, nigro ; elytris oblongo-elongatis , pubescentibus , 

 rugosis, flavis, hasi sat late et apice tenuissime fuscis ; abdomine 

 elytris operto, fusco, ultimo ventrali segmento longitudinaliter cari- 

 nato ; iibiis anticis piceis ; tarsorum unguiculis simplicibus. 



Long. 9 millim. 



A single specimen of this pretty species which I think to be 

 a male was taken at Kobo (400 feet). 



