LAMPYRID/E. — LYCUS. 291 



wood, Barrock Lodge, Src." — T. C. Heyslutm^ Esq. " Stockton- 

 common, near York ; Stella, near Newcastle, Wastwater and Ulplm, 

 Cumberland; and Brignall, in Yorkshire." — W. C. Hewitson, Esq. 

 " Epping." — Mr. Doubleday. " Not uncommon (near Swansea)." 

 — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Netley."— Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Genus CCXXXVIII. — Lycus, Fabricius. 



Antennae rather elongate, compressed, sometimes serrated: the first and second 

 joints subovate, the last very short : the third shorter than the fourth, which 

 is about of equal length with the terminal one; the remainder gradually 

 diminishing in length to the end. Palpi, maxillary with the terminal joint 

 subtrigonal, broadest at the apex: labial short, robust; the terminal joint 

 largest: head small, inclined, produced in front into a rostrum: eyes small: 

 thorax subquadrate : body oblong, depressed : elytra very flexible, a little di- 

 lated behind : legs slightly compressed, robust. 



This pretty genus differs from Lampyris by having the head ex- 

 serted, the maxillary palpi of different form, the labial very robust : 

 the head small, produced in front into a kind of rostrum: the thorax 

 subquadrate, and the female winged: — the species reside in and 

 upon trees. 



Sp. 3. minutus. Ater, holosericeo-pubescens, antennarum apice testaceo, elytris 



costalis sanguineis crebre reticulato-punctatis. (Long. corp. 3 — 4> lin.) 

 Ly. minutus. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 130. No. 1317.— Curtis, vi. pi. 263. 



+ Sp. 1. sanguineus. Ater nitidus, thoracis lateribus elytrisque sanguineis, his ob- 

 solete striatis villosis. (Long. corp. 4 lin.) 



La. sanguinea. Linne. — Stewart (! ) — Ly. sanguineus. Steph. Catal. 130. 

 No. 1315. note. 



Glossy-black, with the sides of the thorax and the elytra blood-red, the latter 

 obsoletely villose. 



Given by Stewart, without any authority, as indigenous. 



tSp. 2. festiva. Ater, thoracis marginibus elytrisque rvfo-fulvis, his apice fuscis, 



antennis pectinatis. (Long. corp. 6 lin.) 

 La. festiva. Donovan (! ) — Ly. ? festivus. Steph. Catal. 130. No. 1316. note. 



Black, with the margins of the thorax and the elytra rufo-fulvous, the apex of 

 the latter black : antennae pectinated. 



Whether this be truly an indigenous species is uncertain: it is given as such by 

 Donovan, who obtained it from Mr. Drury's cabinet, but without any notice 

 of its locality: it is possible that it might have been placed therein — in ac- 

 cordance with the bad taste of his time — in lieu of L. minutus. 



