CLASS V. INSECTA. 
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Genus 73. SCIRTES. Illiger, Leach. Cypiion. Payk., Fair. 
Elodes. Lair. Ciirysomela. Linn., Marsh. 
Maxillary palpi filiform, the last joint somewhat cylindric: labial palpi 
bifurcate: body ovate, inclining to round, convex : feet with their ti- 
hite terminated with a strong spine : hinder thighs thickened and 
formed for leaping. 
®P- 1. Scir. hemisphterica. Black, smooth: thorax short, transverse, 
anterior margin somewhat concave : tibiae, tarsi, and base of the an- 
tennae pale fuscous. 
Cyphon hemisplnericus. Fabr., Payk. Elodes hemisphaerica. Lair. 
Chrysomela hemisphierica. Marsh. 
Inhabits aquatic plants in ditches. 
Genus 74. DRILTJS. Olio., Lam., Latr. Ptilikus. Fabr., Geoff". 
Cantharis. Marsh. 
Maxillary palpi with their apex acute; labial short, somewhat cylin- 
dric : antenna with their internal edge pectinated : maxilla with one 
process : mandibles notched at their points : body soft, anteriorly ar- 
cuate, indexed. 
"P' 1. Dri. jflavescens. Black, pubescent : elytra yellowish. 
Chius flavescens. Olio., Latr., Leach. Cantharis serraticomis. Mur- 
sham. 
Inhabits Europe. Is found in Darcnt Wood, Kent, amongst grass in 
tolerable abundance, some j’ears. 
Genus 73. LYCUS. Fabr., Olio., Lam., Leach. Cantharis .Linn. 
Lampyris. Geoff., Marsh. 
Mandibles with their entire end pointed: antenna compressed, more or 
less serrate, inserted near each other : palpi of the maxilla: with tlx: 
last joint somewhat triangular, having their points broader: head 
with the mouth produced into a kind of rostrum : maxilla with one 
process : elytra nearly of equal breadth : thorax somewhat quadrate, 
the anterior margin transverse, straight. 
®P- 1- Ly. minutus. Elytra with four elevated lines: thorax black, with 
the margins much elevated; last joint of the antennae reddish, 
-yens minutus. Gyll. Lampyris pusllla. Marsh. 
hihabits oaks and hedges; is rare in England. 
Genus 76. LAMPYRIS of authors. 
Mandibles pointed at their tips, sharp, and entire : antenna approximate, 
the joints cylindric and compressed, the third of the same length as 
the following joints, the second small : head concealed by the tho- 
ra x: mouth small: maxilla with a double process : maxillary palpi 
with the last joint triangular-ovate, compressed, the apex acute : 
e yes very large : body soft, of the male with elytra and wings ; of the 
female apterous: thorax semicircular. 
^P- 1. Lam. noctiluca. Common Glow-worm. ( PI. 3 .jig. 1. f . fig. 2. s . 
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