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PhengodeSj Hoffm. 



P. plumosa, Oliv. 



P. testaceuSj Leach^ Zool. Journ. 1824. 



Not uncommon for a short period in the autumn. At- 

 tracted by the candle, they enter the house in the even- 

 ing, and fly repeatedly against the ceiling in their efforts 

 to escape.' ^ 



■ . Lampyris, Lin. 



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^ 1. L. trilineata. Grayish-brown; elytra with the 

 margin and three lines yellowish. . 



Inhab. Mexico. 

 ' Head on the front, pale carneous or yellowish : anten- 

 n<B black-cinereous, basal joint whitish : thorax varied 

 with dull yellowish, blackish and rosaceous, sometimes a 

 blackish vitta trilobate at base, and a lateral marginal 

 spot : scutel blackish : elytra gray-brown, the edge and 

 sometimes the margin all around, and two or three lines 

 on each elytron, yellowish : beneath blackish, generally 

 varied with rosaceous and yellowish. 



Leno-th over half an inch. 



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Var. a. An oblong-subquadrate, marginal, yellowish 



spot behind the humerus. 



A large species, wider and shorter than L. versicolor^ 

 Fabr. which it somewhat resembles in the character of 

 the elytra, as it does L. an^u/d^a, Nob. in that of the 



thorax. ^ 



2. L. hifaria. Antennae with two processes from the 



base of each joint. 



Inhab. North Carolina, Harris. 



Body black, densely punctured : head with a carinate 



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