200 Mr. CuRTis's Descriptions of 



versus obliquis, ovatis, ochreis ; suturse marginibus striga costali lanceo- 

 lata, abdominisque segmentis 5to 6toque pariter ochreis. 

 Length 11, breadth 4 lines. 



Brown, clothed with exceedingly short ochreous pubescence, and minutely 

 and tliickly punctured : antennas a little longer than the thorax, filiform, 

 compressed ; head concealed, eyes large, thorax semiovate, with a broad 

 ochreous-brown margin, slightly reflexed, with a line of punctures quite 

 round, an oblique ochreous oval spot on each side in front, the space 

 between them brown, with an elevated line in the middle : elytra linear, 

 nearly 4 times as long as the thorax, with 2 or 3 slightly elevated striae, 

 the margin reflexed and slightly dilated towards the base, a fine suturai 

 margin and a lanceolate vitta close to the costa but not touching it, 

 ochreous ; 5th and 6th abdominal segments ochreous-white beneath : 

 trochanters and knees slightly ochreous. 

 One from St. Paul's. 



43. Lampyris Luna. Curt. 



Fusca ; thoracis margine, maculis duabus parallelis partem anticam versus, su- 

 turae costeeque marginibus, abdominisque segmentis 5to 6toque stramineis. 

 Length 6|, breadth 2| lines. 



Pale brown, edge of thorax and 2 oval parallel spots in front straw-colour, 

 with a broad brown flat space between them, a narrow margin to the 

 suture and a lanceolate one the whole length of the costa, as well as the 

 5th and 6th abdominal segments beneath, of the same colour. 



Very similar to L. angustilimba ; the form of the spots on the thorax, and 

 the pale stripe which covers the costa, distinguish it. From St. Catherine's 



*44. Lampyris fenestralis. Curt. 



Saturate brunnea ;• antennis flabellatis ; thorace maculis duabus commati- 

 formibus partem anticam versus ; vitta subcostali, abdominisque apice 

 ochreis. 



Length 7, breadth 3 lines. 



Similar in contour to the former species. Antenna? with the 3rd and follow- 

 ing joints producing a long rounded lobe internally : thoraoc with 2 ochre- 



