Capt. P. P. King's South American Coleoptem. 201 



ous inverted comma-shaped marks in front ; elytra with a long pale 

 ochreous lanceolate stripe near the costa, not touching the base nor 

 reaching the apex ; abdomen ochreous-white at the apex. 



From St. Paul's. 



*45. Photuris? femoralis. Curt. 



Eusco-ochrea ; capite antennisque piceis ; thorace scutelloque ochreis ; ely- 

 trorum marginibus pallidis, abdominisque segmentis 5to 6toque albidis ; 

 pedibus fuscis ; femoribus ad basin rufis. 



Length 6, breadth 2 lines. 



Fuscous-ochre, shining, minutely punctured and pubescent ; head and antenna; 

 piceous ; thorax semiorbicular, with broad margins, the base sinuated, 

 the angles slightly lobed, ochreous as well as the scutellum, suture and 

 margin of elytra somewhat ochreous : legs brown, thighs bright ochre, 

 excepting the apex: 5th and 6th abdominal segments ochreous-white 

 beneath. 



The drooping head, large eyes, shield-formed thorax, and phosphoric seg- 

 ments of the abdomen indicate an affinity to the Lampyrides, but it is in habit 

 a Telephorus. I have many species, all agreeing in the above characters with 

 this from Rio, which I imagine belong to Dej can's genus Photuris. 



*A6. Callianthia fallax. ///. 



From St. Paul's : this seems to be one of the most common and variable 

 species in Brazil. 



*47. Callianthia flavipes. Fab. 



Fabricius gives China as the country which this species inhabits ; but I 

 think this specimen from St. Catherine's is unquestionably a variety only of 

 his insect. 



*48. Telephorus rubromarginatus. Curt. 



Coeruleo-niger ; thoracis margine basali ad angulum utrumque macula piilchr^ 



rubra terminata. 

 Length 4 lines, breadth 1^. 



Black, bluish above, pubescent ; thorax shining, transverse-oblong, the angles 



