d A« Jnsecta. Pterodicera. 



Uomalise. Geoff. Hist. des Insect. , tom. i , paff. 180 , jjJ. 3, 



^o-. o,. 



Omalise sutural. OLir. Entom. , tom. 3 , »°. 2 4 , pl- 1 , fig' l > 



a , £. c. d. e. 



Omalisus suturalis. Fab. System. eleut., tom. 1 , pag. 108. 



Omalise sutural. Latr. Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect., 

 tom. 9 , pag. 83 , pl 75 , fig. 5. 



Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. , fasc. 35 , fig. 12. 



CXYII. Genus. Lampyris. Lampyre. 

 Lampyris , Linn., Geoff. , de Geer , Fab. , Oliv., 

 Lamarck. 



Caput thorace penitus aut postice absconditum saltem 

 infraquesaepius in cavitate sterni antici partimreceptum. 

 Os parvurn. Maxilla? processu duplici. Palpi maxillares 

 articulo ultimo trigono-ovato , compresso , ad apicem 

 acuto. Antennce articulis cylindricis, compressis , tertio 

 sequentium longitudine , secundo tantum minore. 



Corpus molle. Oculi maximi. Thorax saepius semi- 

 circularis. 



/. TJiorax semicircularis , caput plane occultans. 



Spec. 1. Lampyris Hespera. Lampyre Hesper. 



L. Ovata ; thorace pallido-lutescente , macula postica obscuro- 

 fusca ; elytris fuscis , macula mavglnali medium ultra, obliqua, 

 riangulai-i , flava ; abdomine fusco , apice flavo. 



Lampyris hespera. Linn. System. nat. , ed. i3 , tom. 1 , pars 1 , 

 pag. 644. 



Lampy re de Surinam. De Geer. Mem. s. I. Insect. , tom. 4 , 

 pag.48, pl. 17 ,fi g . ,v 



LampyHs Hespera. Fab. System. eleut. , tom. 2 , pag. 107. 

 tuI0a ^quinoctiali. 



