revision of the Lampyridce. Ill 



Photuris frutlcola, Escholtz. Mots. Etud. Ent. iii., p. 60, 

 tibialis Dej. 

 trivialis Bohem. Res. Eugen. 1858, p. 77. 



Guatemala, Zapote ; coll. Godman and Salvin, Brazil ; 

 Parana ; coll. Gorli., Monte Video ; Mus. Brus. $, ? . 



Thorax shining, immaculate ; the elytra vary in depth 

 of colour, the head is usualy black, or partly so. 



PJioturis mollis, n. sp. 



Sordide livida, capite, antennis, tibiis, tarsis, thoracis 

 disco, elytrisque fuscis his margine, in medio latius, et 

 sutuni tenuiter pallidis. 



Long. lin. 31— 4. c?,?. 



Head with the concave crown black, becoming testaceous 

 towards the mouth ; antennre fuscous except at their 

 insertion, prothorax shining, obsoletely punctured, the disc 

 pitchy, base sinuate, hind angles hardly produced ; elytra 

 of a dull leaden hue, finely pubescent, not much wider than 

 the prothorax ; cox?e and femora pale ; the margin of the 

 fourth and the three following ventral segments entirely 

 whitish. Sexual characters normal. 



Guatemala, Zapote ; coll. Godman and Salvin. 



PJioturis hrunnipennis, Jacq. Duv. Hist. Cubae, vii., p. 89. 



Cuba ; coll. Chevrolat [now Olivier], who sent me the 

 c?. Resembles frutlcola, but more pubescent, and head 

 yellow ; the suture and margins are widely testaceous in 

 their middles. 



Sec. IV. — All the claws split (in both sexes ?) 



I have not seen a female of the only species known to 

 me in this section. The male has the apical segment 

 acutely produced, the fifth and sixth are yellow, eburated, 

 and with the punctiform stigmata distinct. 



Photuris lividipennis, Mots. Etud. Ent. iii., p. 58. 

 Brazil? coll. Gorh. [Norris.] c?. 



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