Mr. E. Olivier’s Descriptions of New Species of Luciola. 533 
Luciola auritula, n. sp. 
Elongata, subparallela, pubescens, fusca; capite flavo ; prothorace 
transverso, antice vix anguloso, postice recte truncate, margine 
lateraliter expanse et rotundato, tenue punctato, longitudinaliter 
siilcatulo, flavo, angulis anticis fuscis ; scutello triangular!, flavo ; 
elytris elongatis, parallelis, punctatis, obsolete costulatis, fuscis, basi 
indeterminate flavidis; pedibus infuscatis, coxis, femorum basi et 
genubus flavidis. ventre nigro, ultimus segmentis cereis ; $ ignota. 
Long. 8 mill. 
Nilghirri Hills. 
This is well distinguished by the lateral margins of the 
prothorax depressed, expanded and rounded in front. 
Head, scutellum, coxae, base of the thighs and knees 
yellow. Prothorax yellow with the front angles fuscous. 
Elytra fuscous with a yellow basal portion more or less 
continued until the third of their length. 
December 21 , 1910. 
