1898.] SERRICOBlSr COLBOPTERA of ST. VINCENT. 319 



ward side. Grenadines : Union Island (1 ex.), Mustique Island 

 (/T. H. Smith). 



I have already in the ' Trans. Ent. Soc' and in the ' Biologia 

 C.-Am.' pointed out the above synonymy, and the series of spe- 

 cimens sent by Mr. H. H. Smith go far to confirm the correctness 

 of that view. The great majority of the examples have pitchy-black 

 elytra with pale sides as far as their middle, the margins thence 

 to the apex with the suture narrowly yellow. The wide pale side 

 contains two fuscous spots, one just outside the callus, the other 

 below the middle. The thoracic markings vary a good deal in 

 degree : in the St.- Vincent examples they are two squarish hook- 

 shaped marks just separated by the central channel, and an 

 obscure spot near the bind angles. In A. polyzona the inner 

 side of the hook extends up the middle to the front margin, and is 

 more or less fused along the channel, and in this form there are 

 three pale lines on the disk of the elytra, i. e. the costae are pale. 

 Specimens of this kind occurred at Balthazar. Intermediate 

 forms were found at the same place and at Mount Gay. Hence 

 whatever difficulties there may be in identifying the Lampyris 

 ignita of Linnaeus, I think there is no doubt that the present 

 insect is not distinct from our Central-American species, and 

 that it represents those South- American species which I have 

 referred to it. A. ignitum has been previously recorded from the 

 Antilles. 



Photinus. 



Photinus, Laporte de Castelnau, Ann. Soc. Ent. Er. ii. p. 141 

 (1833) ; Gorh. Eev. Lamp., Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 22 ; Biol. 

 C.-Am., Col. iii. pt. 2, p. 38. 



Photinus notatus, sp. n. ? (Plate XXVII. fig. 3.) 



Nigro-fuscus ; pedihus {tarsis fuscis), pjroiJiorace (disco miniato) 

 et elytrorum fascia lata postmed.icDiaJlavis. Long. 8 millim. 



Hob. St. Vincent : leeward side {H. H. Smith). 



Antennae rather long, entirely fuscous. Legs pale, the tibiae (a 

 little infuscate towai'ds the apices) and tarsi fuscous. Prothorax 

 entirely yellow, but that, as is often the case, when fresh the disc 

 and underparts are pink or rosy, very even and smooth, only a 

 faint indication of central channel. The elytra have a yellow 

 band of rather more than a third of the elytral length, and 

 produced a little both ways on the margins and towards the apex 

 on the suture. There are three examples of this species, which is 

 allied to P. hlandus Mots. I have an example which is labelled 

 " notatus " Gory, purporting to come from Brazil, but of uncertain 

 origin ; and as I do not know a species of the name attached, I 

 give a brief description of our West-Indian insect. 



Photinus minuttis. 



Pyropyga minuta, Leconte, Syn. Lampyr. 1881, p. 32. 



If I am correct in referring the numerous examples obtained to 



