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37. Lampro'pliorus tenebrosus Walker, Ann. Nat. 1858, p. 282, 

 [Lampyris); Gurh., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1880, p. 88. 



Dhawar, « taken during the rains », Madura. 



38. Lamprophorus s p. — ? 

 Chamba. 



39. Lamprophorus tardus n. sp. — Oblongus,snbparallelus, 

 pallide testaceus, nitidus ; prothoracis disco elytrisque nigro- 

 fuscis, Ms paulo inœqualihiis crebre subcoriacee pîinctatis, illo 

 carinato margine rejiexo, laie albido, lateribus ad angulos posti- 

 cos crebre conjluenter punctatis ; pygidio subdiaphano valde exciso. 

 — Long. 22 millim. 



Eah. India bor., Chamba (G. Somers-Smith). 



The antennae in this species hâve a very short double raucro, 

 the last four joints before the apical one are strongly transverse, 

 their inner side being acutely serrate, the antennae palpi and man- 

 dibles are pale fuscous nearly testaceous, the tips of the latter being 

 pitchy. The prothorax is pale bone colour but its disk is dark, it 

 forms a seraicircle but the length is less than the breadth of the 

 base. The carina is fine but distinct, but lost before the base, and 

 is double, in the middle being gradually transmuted into a fine 

 channel. The scutellum is pitchy, slightly edged at its base with 

 pale. The elytra are not wider than the thorax, the suture is very 

 narrowly pale and this is more distinctly so at the apical angle. 



The whole body beneath, with the legs, is pale but infuscate in 

 the middle. The lobes of ail the dorsal segments are acute, and 

 become transparent, the two apical segments quite so, and the 

 apex itself eut out and imbricate, with a dorsal keel. There 

 are two examples of this insect in this collection, the différence 

 in the size of the smaller one is mainly due to the fact that the 

 apical segments of the body do not project so much beyond the 

 elytra. 



I do not think this insect can be referred to M. E. Olivier's L. 

 morator (a species from the Carin Mts. in Burma). The body is 

 not pitchy nor are the legs dark as desinted for that insect, but 

 it difiers from L. nepalensis in the same way. From L. Boyei^ 

 I think the shorter second joint of Ihe antennae will separate it. 



40. Diaphanes Olivieri n. sp. — Pallide ochracexis, ab domine 

 elytrisque nigro-fuscis opacis, antennis^ palpis^ tibiis tarsisgue 

 infuscatis. — Long 14-17 millim. 



Hab. Indi.\, Belgaum, « taken in Nov.-Dec. flying slowly about 

 7. 0. P. M. and emitting a very brilliant light »; Kanara (Bell). 

 The antennae and palpi are entirely fuscous, the former very short, 



