408 Eev. H. S. Gorham's revision of the 



outwards, a character very unusual in the Lampyridce, 

 but common in the Lycidce. Till we can ascertain the 

 sexes it is hardly possible to say more about this insect. 



LAMPYBID.2E. 



Lucidina, n. g. 



Lucidotce affinis ; antennae compressae, maris leviter 

 serratae, feminae breviores simplices. Ungues (maris) 

 anteriores basi valde uncinato-dentati, interiores sub- 

 dentati. 



Lucidina accensa, n. s. (PL XVII., figs. 9 — 9 c). 



Nigerrima ; prothorace roseo, fusco limbato, vitta 

 mediana sat lata, ad basin transversim expansa nigra, 

 abdominis segmentis tribus ventralibus apicalibus cum 

 pygidiali roseo-diaphanis. Long. 13 mm., $ , ? . 



Mas. Unguibus anterioribus basi, dente acuto cur- 

 vato armatis. 



Nara ; Tokio. 



Much larger than L. biplagiata, Mots, (vulnerata, 

 Kies.), and the claws with a much more acute and longer 

 tooth. The antennae are wider, and the thorax more 

 vividly coloured. Four specimens. 



Lucidina biplagiata. 



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

 Lucidota vulnerata, Kiesenw., Berl. Ent. Zeits., xviii., 



1874, p. 260. 

 L. angusticollis, Kiesenw., I. c, p. 261. 



Kobe ; Hitoyoshi ; Junsai ; Nagasaki ; Hiogo ; Yoko- 

 hama ; Yuyama ; Nara ; in May and June. 



Met with again, but not apparently in great numbers, 

 by Mr. Lewis. The tooth on the claws of this species 

 is much less conspicuous than in L. accensa. After 

 examining the type of L. angusticollis, kindly lent me 

 by Mr. Lewis, I can only come to the conclusion that it 

 differs from other males of L. biplagiata through an 

 extraordinary malformation of the pronotum. 



