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44. Luciola indica Mots., Gorh. Rev. of Larap., Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. 1880, p. 103. 



Burma, Tharawaddy, Rangoon. 



45. Luciola coxïï]^la,Ta.Rtan.sp.— Angusta^elong ata, par allela, 

 testacea , creberrime punctata , prothorace transiiersim suhquadratdy 

 perobsolete canaliculata, pectore abdominegîie, tibiis, larsis, anten- 

 nis, elytrorumque apicibus indeterminate fuscis^ elytris costa 

 unica, a collo humerait pone médium provecta haud bene discreta. 

 — Long. 5,5 raillim. (^ 



Eab. India, Kanara (Bell). 



This species is allied to the Sumatran L. cerea Gorh. 



It has the elytra, much less strongly punctured and less dis- 

 tinctly costate, the thorax is rather more transverse than in that 

 species, there are two rather indistinct tubercles in the middle. The 

 head, thorax and elytra are very nearly of the same width, the 

 abdomen is dark fuscous with the exception (in the maie) of two 

 apical segments which are waxy yellow or white, and do not 

 appear divided or incised, being thus similar to those of L. cerea. 

 A small séries of this occurred at Kanara, they appear to be ail 

 maies. 



46. Luciola acerra n. sp. — Nigra, creberrime piinctata^pro- 

 tJiorace transversim subquadrata, tenuissime canaliculata, obsolète 

 bituberculata, elytris basi indeterminate testaceis costaunica, 

 a callo Jmmerali ante apicem desinente. — Long. 6 millim. (3^, Ç. 



Hab. India, Belgaum (Andrewes) ; Kanara (Bell). 



Very nearly allied to Z. complanata, and having the same maie 

 characters, but to be at once distinguished by having the body 

 and legs ail black of a fuscous tint, whith the exception of course 

 of the luminous segments. There is one female (from Kanara) of 

 this species. It differs in having the head with the eyes much 

 less prominent, and only the subapical segment white; two maies 

 from Belgaum agrée very closely, the antennse are half as long 

 again as the head and thorax united, slightly pilose. In bcth 

 this species and its allies as L. cerea, L. complanata, etc., the 

 back of the elytra between the costse has a flattened appearance 

 giving a peculiar character to the section. 



47. Luciola gorhami Ritsema, Notes Mus. Leyden, V, p. 4. 

 Luciola afflnis Gorh., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 101. 



L. vespertina E. Oliv. 



Belgaum, Kanara, Madura; Burma, Rangoon, Tharrawaddy. 



Although M. Ernest Olivier has not been able to adopt the species 

 of Luciola allied to vespertina F. which I proposed in 1880, the 

 inspection of a very large number of examples of this insect coming 



