revision of the Lampyrida. 17 



Lucidota biplagiata, Mots. Bull. Mosc. i. p. 167. 

 „ vulnerata, Kiesenw. 



Antennae faintly serrate, nearly as long as body. 

 Jaj)an; coll. Lewis. I am indebted to Mr. Lewis for 

 a type. 



Lucidota discicollis, Kiesenw. 



Antennae compi-essed, almost simple, shorter than in 

 biplagiata. 



Japan ; coll. Lewis, fi'ora wliom I received a type. 



Lucidota tabida, Kiesenw. 

 Japan ; coll. Lewis. 



Lucidota angusticollis, Kiesenw. 



Japan ; coll. Lewis. 



The Japanese species are allied both to the Chilian 

 and North American. 



Lucidota atra, 01. Ent. ii. 28. (PI. III. fig. 28.) 



United States, Brus. M. ; Gorli. 



Var."^ Nicaragua (Chontales) ; coll. Godman and 

 Salvin. 



The pygidium has its hind margin sinuate and centre 

 finely notched; the ventral segment appears cuspidate, 

 and two or three preceding dorsal segments are lobed. 



Lucidota Californica, n, sp. 



Aterrima, thorace (disco et margine laterali tenui ex- 

 ceptis) laete rufo, angulis posticis rectis, antennis sub- 

 filiformibus leviter compressis. 



Long. lin. 3g. 



California ; Chevrolat, to whom I am indebted for the 

 species. 



Lucidota exstincta, n. sp. 



Magis linearis, aterrima, prothorace sanguineo vitta 

 discoidali lata nigra, in medio et ad basin in^equaliter 

 impresso. 



Long. lin. 3|. 2. 



Closely resembling Lucidota Californica, from which it 

 differs in not having the lateral margins of the prothorax 



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