360 . INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 37. Lampyris. 



Capetijis. Livid ; thorax yellowifh : abdomen rich yellow behind. 

 Inhabits the Cape of good hope. Oliv. Ins. 28. tab. 2. fig 17. 

 Antennae brown : fcutel yellowifh : f bells with a brown fpot at the 

 bafe and yellowifh at the edge : wings black : legs livid, brown 

 at the ends. 

 Varies in having 2 brown fpots on tnc tlirax. 



/tujlralis. Yellowifh; head and fhells brown: tip of the abdomen 

 clear white. 

 Inhabits New Holland: very much refembles the next. 

 Thorax and fcutel ferruginous : ends of the legs black. 



Italic a: 



Vittata. 



Black : thorax tranfverfe and with' the legs rufous : abomen 

 clear white at the tip. 

 Inhabits Italy. Oliv. Ins. 28. tab. 2. fig. 12.. 

 Antennae black : thorax immaculate. 



Rufous ; fhells black with a yellow margin all round and 

 abbreviated fillet in the middle. 

 Inhabits Guadeloupe. Oliv. Inf. 28. tab. 2,-fg- - c - 

 Antennae black, the joints rufous at the bale : thorax orbicular : 

 legs ferruginous, the joints black. 



Mauritania Shells livid: body yellow. 

 ca - Inhabits Africa. Oliv. Ins. 28. tab* i.fig. 5 



Hemipura. Black ; fhells very fhort. 



Inhabits France. Oliv. Ins. 28. tab. l-fig- 2$. Small. 

 Antenna comprefled : fliield rounded : fiiclls ovate : abdomen 

 fiat. 



Qhtnenfu. Shells teflaceous tipt with black, 

 Inhabits Afia. Ofb. It. 224. 



Mi 



inor* 



Pilofa. 



Suturalis. 



Teflaceous ; abdomen and wings blackifh. 



Inhabits Europe : oblong -oval ; hardly larger thau a loufc. 



Oblong, black : thorax fanguineous with 2 black lines ; 3 

 laft joints of the antennse pectinate. 

 Inhabits America. Forfi. Nov. Ins. l.p. 49. n. 49. 



b. Lip membranaceous emarginate. Omalyffus. 



Shells ftriate punctured, rufous with a broad black future. 

 Inhabits France. Oli'v. Inf. 24. tab. I. fig. l. 



B. fore- feelers. 



