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263. 

 LYCUS MINUTUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Telephoridae Leach. — Malaco- 

 dermi Lat. 



Type of the Genus Lampyris sanguineus Linn. 



Lycus Fab., Ol'w., Lat., Leach. — Cantharis Linn. — Lampyris Linn. 

 Marsh., Don. 



Antennce inserted at the base of the clypeus, rather stoutest in 

 the middle, compressed, sometimes pectinated, 11 -jointed, basal 

 joint not so long as the 3rd, the 2nd smallest, both subovate, 3rd 

 and remainder subovate-truncate, slightly decreasing in length 

 to the last which is rather longer and oval (G). 

 Labruni exserted, semiorbicular, producing long bristles and a 

 large rounded and pubescent membrane beneath (1), Tongue? 

 rounded membranous and pubescent being the counterpart of 

 the membrane of the labrum. 



Mandibles small, slender, bent and very acute, having a few 

 bristles on the external surface (2). 



MaxillcE terminated by a straight lanceolate lobe clothed with 

 long hairs, internally ciliated with curved hairs, producing a 

 small lobe below. Palpi all nearly uniform, 4-jointed, basal 

 joint the smallest, truncated obliquely; 2nd large obtrigonate, 

 3rd smaller transverse, 4th the largest hatchet-shaped (3). 

 Mentum oblong. Lip very small and pubescent. Palpi very 

 robust, triarticulate, basal joint the smallest, cyUndric, truncated 

 obliquely, 2nd obtrigonate, 3rd rather the largest, hatchet- 

 shaped (4), 

 Nasus sometimes produced and forming with the mouth a kind of ros- 

 trum. Head short. Eyes small. Thorax subquadrate, or semi- 

 orbicular, rugose. Scutellum trapezoid. Elytra depressed, very long 

 and twice as broad as the thorax. Wings ample. Legs robust. 

 Tibise truncated obliquely, with very minute spurs. Tarsi 5 -jointed, 

 basal joint the smallest, 2nd and ord nbcordate, 4th bilobed, oth 

 slender. Claws s)nall and acute, with a tooth near the base, (5, a 

 fore leg). 



MiNUTus Oliv., Fab. — pusilla Gmel. — Marsh. 363. 3, 



Black, covered with short depressed hairs. Antennae with the 

 apical joint ochreous. Thorax with the margin elevated, the 

 anterior portion forming 3 deep fovese, the centre one divided 

 with a small deep impression near the middle j the posterior 

 portion forming 2 large fovege, the angles acute. Elytra scarlet, 

 with 4 elevated lines on each^ the spaces between forming a 

 double row of reticulations, composed of curved hairs. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



