ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET, 



LYCUS MINUTUS. Gyllenhall 

 Lampyris pusillus. Marsham. 



Black : covered with a fine pubescence : thorax 

 subquadrate ; black, with six deep excavations, giv- 

 ing it a very rugose appearance : elytra of a bright 

 tile red, with four elevated lines on each, the inter- 

 stices with a double series of punctures within, giving 

 a beautiful reticulated appearance : antenna? mod- 

 erately long, compressed and serrated on the internal 

 edge, the last joint testaceous, head inclined and 

 black : body oblong, depressed and dark brown : 

 elytra very flexible, a [little dilated behind : legs 

 slightly compressed and robust. 



Length 3 to 4 lines. 



Inhabits the oak. 



Lycus minutus is certainly a rare insect. In 

 the course of our excursions we have met with but 

 three specimens ; the first we took from an oak, in 

 the lane leading to Coomb Wood ; the second we 

 saw at Bexley, in August, but it fell amongst the 

 grass and we lost it ; the third occurred at Wester- 

 ham, Kent, in September. 



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