258 Insecta . Ptero dicera . 



L'o?nalise. Geoff. Hist. des Insect. , tom. i , pag. 180 ,/)/. a,- 



fig' 9- 



Omalise sutural. OLir. Entom, , tom. 2 , n°. a4, pl. i , Jig. 1, 

 a, b. c. d. e. 



Omalisus suturalis, Fab. System. eleut., tom, 2 , p^^g- 108. 



Omalise sutural. Latr, Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect, , 

 tom. 9 , pag. 83 , pl. -jb , fig, 5. 



Panz. Faun, Insect, Germ. , fasc. 55 , fig. 12. 



CXVII. Genus. Lampyris. Lampyre. 

 Lampyris , LiNN., Geoff, , de Geer , Fab. , Oliv., 

 Lam.4rck. 



Caput ihorace penitus aiit postice absconditum saltem 

 infraquesspius in cavitate sterni antici partimreceptum. 

 Os parvuni. Maxillce processu duplici. Palpi maxillares 

 articulo viltimo trigono-ovalo , compi'esso , ad ajjicem 

 acuto. AntenncE dLVixcvW?) cjlindricis, compressis , tertio 

 sequentium longitudine , secundo tantum minore. 



Corpus molle. Oculi maximi. Thorax s«pius semi- 

 circularis. 



/. Thorax scmicircularis , caput plane occultans, 



Spec. 1. Lampyris Hespera. Lampyre Ilesper. 



L. Ovata ; thorace pallido-lutescente , macula poslica obscuro- 

 fusca ; elylris fuscis , macula marginali mediuin ultra , oljliqua, 

 riangulari , flaya ; abdomine fusco , apice flavo. 



Lampyris hespera. Linn. System. nat. , ed. i5 , tom. 1 , pars 2 , 

 pag. 644. 



Lampyre de Surinam. De Geer. Mem. s. l. Insect., tom, k , 

 pag. 48, pl. \1 ,fig- 1. 



Lampyris Hespera. Fab. System, eleut, , tom, 1 , pag. 107. 



Lampyre Hesper. OLir. Entom., tom. 2 , »"• 28, pl, 1 , fig. 6. 



Habitat ia Anierica yEquinoctiali. 



