revision of the Lampyrkke. 80 



acute ; the disc of the thorax is shining and uneven, -with 

 a tumid space on either side, the centre finely carinate. 



The elytra are longer and more parallel, and entirely 

 cover the abdomen, in the single specimen I have seen. 

 The scutellum is pitchy. The dorsal plates are dark, ex- 

 cepting the base of the pygidium, and the latter presents a 

 very striking difterence to Nepalensis in being deeply cut 

 out, so as to make the apex bilobate. The antennre have 

 their second joint stout, but shorter than the first ; the 

 third longer than second, from thence gradually shortening, 

 the eighth being quadrate, ninth, tenth, and eleventh short, 

 terminated by a single mucro. They are not serrate, but 

 the apices are obliquely truncate. 



Pondicherry ; Mus. Br us. 



LamprophoTus Nepalensis, Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 26. 



Abdomen largely lobed, the penultimate as well as the 

 pygidium pale, the latter truncate, very slightly emargi' 

 nate. Antennas a little serrate, apical joint short, ovate, 

 clothed with yellow hairs. I fail to see the short double 

 mucro attributed to it. 



^a&.— Nepal ; Brit. Mus. {Type). 



Assam plains, and Khasia hills, Gorh. 



Lampropliorus di^nis, Walker, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1858, 

 p. 282. 



Hah. — 'Ce3don ; Brit. Mus. {Type). 



Near Nepalensis ; differs by its smaller thorax, with the 

 hind angles not acute, and the base and apex of the elytra 

 are yellowish brown. 



Lamprophorus Boyei, Mots. Etud. Ent. iii. 23. 



Pygidium emargiuate, all the dorsal plates strongly 

 lobed, and excepting the two last dark above. 



Amboina ; Mus. Brus. 



Ohs. — I have no doubt I am correct in my reference of 

 this specimen, but the antennje are not correctly described ; 

 the second joint is longer and less stout than in Nepalensis, 

 the apical /o?//- or five joints have each a double tubercle 

 or blunt mucro on the inner side, which is in fact a rudi- 

 mentary lamella, and the apical double point corresponds 

 to this rudimentary part. 



