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mouth, and 3 basal joints of antennae ochreous ; tarsi fuscous in the 

 middle. (L. 1 1. ) On larches: Scotland and Ireland: 6-7. 



1470 angulosus Marsh, i. 228. — Ste. M. iii. 287. — Ferruginous, shining; 

 head not concealed by the front of the thorax, the latter convex ; elytra 

 thickly punctured, and with a slight double ridge reaching nearly from the 

 base to the apex ; legs pale ; antennae slightly serrated, black with the 

 base dull red: head and thorax sometimes dusky. (L. 1^1) Coombe 

 Wood: 6. 



1471 dubius Ste. M. iii. 288. — Oblong; testaceous-red; pubescent: eyes 

 black : head not concealed beneath the front of the thorax ; elytra with a 

 slightly dusky streak on the suture ; body beneath dusky-black, margins 

 of the segments and the tip testaceous ; antennse a little serrated, 2d and 

 3d joints elongate testaceous ; rest black. (L. l-^'l.) Darenth Wood : 6. 



292 Eubria Ziegler. 



1472 palustris Germ. M. iii. 238. — Westwood Int. 246. pi. 25. f. 18. — 

 Brown-black ; slightly pubescent ; elytra remotely striated ; tarsi red ; 

 basal joint of antennae and apex of tibiae flavescent. (L. 1-1 £ 1.) Found 

 near Edinburgh : 6. 



Fam. 40. LAMPYRIDvE Kirby. 



ccxciii. Drilus Head not rostrated, exserted : tho. transverse, narrowed in 



front : mand. bidentate at the apex : $ with ant. pectinated : $ apterous, 



and destitute of elytra, 

 ccxciv. Lampyris Head small, not rostrated, concealed beneath the tho., 



which is semicircular in front, and has 2 pellucid spots : mand. bidentate 



at the apex : eyes large : ant. short, approximating : ^ apterous ; and 



destitute of elytra, 

 ccxcv. Dyctiopterus Head small, produced in front into a rostrum : tho. 



somewhat 4-drate: mand. entire: ant. long, compressed; elytra in both 



sexes ; £ winged. 



293 Drilus Olivier. 



1473 flavescens Oliv. E. ii.pl. 1. f. 1.— Ste. M. iii. 289. Wilson, Enc.Brit. 

 pi. 223. f. 9. 12. $ . 8. 2. — Black; pubescent; elytra yellowish, clothed 

 with a griseous pile : 2 somewhat cylindric, narrowed in front, fleshy, 

 yellowish- orange ; with 2 darker patches on the upper side of each seg- 

 ment of the body. (L. 6* 2f-3| 1. : 2 8-10 1.) Grassy places : Darenth 

 Wood ; Dover : 6. 



294 Lampyris of Authors. 



1474 noctiluca L. ii. 643. — Samou. pi. 3. f. 1. $ : f. 2. 2 . — Ste. M. iii. 

 290. — Fuscous : eyes black ; margins of thorax pale ash ; elytra with 3 

 elevated lines, interstices roughly punctured ; terminal segments of the 

 abdomen beneath yellowish : $ wingless, fuscous, abdomen with a slight 

 dorsal ridge ; the extreme edges of the segments palish, the 3 terminal ones 

 below pale. (L. 5-8 1.) Grassy places, heaths, &c. ; generally distributed; 

 but rather local : 6-7. 



(1475J splendidula L. ii. 644. — Pz. F. xli. f. 8. — Ste. M. iii. 290. note. 

 Fuscous : thorax with 2 transparent crescents in front : 2 wingless, varied 

 with ashy- white. (L. 6 1.) Not truly indigenous.) 



295 Dyctiopterus Latreille. 



1476 minutus Fab. E. ii. 117. — Cur. vi. pi. 263. — Ste. M. iii. 291. — 

 Black ; pubescent : thorax foveolated ; elytra blood-red, with 4 elevated 



