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fhield rounded ; abdomen flat. A fmall fpecies. Inha¬ 
bits France, 
24. Lnmpyris Chinenfis, the Chinefe glow-worm: (hells 
teftaceous tipped with black. Inhabits Afia. 
25. Lampyris minor, the lealt glow-worm : oblong- 
oval, teftaceous ; abdomen and wings blackilh. Hardly 
larger than a loufe. Inhabits Europe. 
26. Lampyris pilofa, the hairy glow-worm : oblong, 
black'; thorax fanguineous, with two black lines; three 
laftjoints of the antennae peftinate. Inhabits America. 
27. Lampyris futuralis, the grooved glow-worm : (hells 
ftriate punctured, rufous, with a broad black future; lip 
membranous. Inhabits France. This is the Omalyfius 
of Olivier. 
II. Fore-feelers hatchet flawed. Coflyphus. 
28. Lampyris deprefla, the flatted glow-worm: brown; 
margin of the fhield and (hells dilated flat. This curious 
and rare little infect, which is repreiented on the Engrav¬ 
ing at fig. 7, is of an oval (hape, and as thin as a leaf. 
The total length is about half an inch ; the elytra; have 
two raifed Itrise on each (ide; and the body reaches no 
farther than thefe ; the corfelet therefore extends fome way 
over the head; the joints of the antennas increafe in fize 
to the end. The whole infe6t is of a light brown colour. 
III. Feelersfuhfiliform. Pyrochroa. 
29. Lampyris coccinea, the red glow-worm ; head, 
thorax, and (hells, fanguineous ; body black. Antennas 
peiSlinate; body beneath and legs black. Inhabits Eu¬ 
rope. See fig. 8. 
30. Lampyris flabellata, the fcarlet glow-worm : fear- 
let; antennas and (hells black. Antennas ferrate, the firft 
joint rufous ; (hells fmooth. Inhabits America. 
31. Lampyris pedinicornis, the feather-headed glow¬ 
worm : black ; thorax and (hells fcarlet; antennas pecti¬ 
nate. Antennas deeply feathered, or rather fan-fliaped ; 
thorax with a black (pot in the middle ; (Hells glabrous. 
Inhabits Germany. 
32. Lampyris 10-maculata, the ten-fpotted glow-worm: 
rufous ; (hells ftriate black, with five red (pots ; thorax 
with three tubercles on each fide. Antennae fan-(haped ; 
thorax punftured, with a raifed line down the middle ; 
Ihells punctured, with three raifed lines. Inhabits Cayenne. 
33. Lampyris aurora, the morning glow-worm : black; 
thorax red cancellate; (hells tawny with four raifed lines, 
the interltices dotted in rows. Inhabits Pomerania. 
34. Lampyris nitens, the (hining glow-worm : oblong; 
(hells brownifh with an oblong brown marginal fpot; ab¬ 
domen rufous beneath, yellow behind, one of the feg- 
ments black. Inhabits Surinam. 
35. Lampyris macnlata, the fpotted glow-worm : ovate, 
teftaceous; thorax with a black band; (hells with a black 
fpot. 
36. LampyrisPenfylvanica,thePenfylvanianglow-worm: 
oblong; (hells pale grey-teltaceous; thorax black within 
the margin, with two rufous fpots. Inhabits America. 
IV. Firjl joint of the feelers thicker and truncate. Lycus. 
37. Lampyris latiflima, the broad glow-worm: yellow; 
fhtlls with a black marginal fpot and black behind, the 
lateral margin very much dilated. Mouth cylindrical, 
prominent; body narrower before, and wider behind; an¬ 
tennae ferrate. Inhabits Sierra Leone. 
38. Lampyris palliata, the cloked glow-worm : (hells 
coriaceous, very broad ; teftaceous, tipt with black. Body 
black; thorax with a teftaceous fpot each fide; (hells ftri¬ 
ate; wings tipt with brown. Inhabits the Cape of Good 
Hope. 
39. Lampyris roftrata, the beaked glow-worm : black ; 
Tides of the thorax and dilated Ihells yellow ; (hells black 
behind. Inhabits Africa. 
40. Lampyris probolcidea, the fnouted glow-worm : 
black ; fides of the thorax and (hells yellow 5 Ihells black 
behind. Inhabits Africa. 
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41. Lampyris ferraticornis, the ferrated glow-worm: 
black ; thorax and (hells reddifh ; (hells tipt with black. 
Inhabits New Holland; fmall antenna- compreffed ferrate; 
thorax (lightly reflected at the edges; (hells grooved ; 
thighs teftaceous at the bafe. 
42. Lampyris atrata, the black-and-red glow-worm : 
black; thorax orbicular, and with the (hells red ; an im- 
prefied black fpot on the back. Inhabits Europe. 
43. Lampyris prteufta, the burning glow-worm: ferru¬ 
ginous; (hells and antennae tipt with black. A fmall fpe¬ 
cies. Inhabits Tranquebar. 
44. Lampyris fafeiata, the black-and-white glow-worm : 
black ; thorax yellovvifli at the edge ; (hells with a broad 
white band. Inhabits Cayenne. 
45. Lampyris reticulata, the netted glow-worm: black: 
thorax edged with yellow ; (hells yellow with a black 
band and tip. Antennae ferrate comprefted ; fhield round¬ 
ed; (hells broader behind, reticulate with four raifed lines 
and many tranfverfe ltreaks; (ternum yellow. Inhabits 
North America. 
46. Lampyris bicolor, the red-and-blue glow-worm : 
fanguineous ; (hells violet behind. Inhabits Africa:. 
47. Lampyris fanguinea, the bloody glow-worm : black; 
fides of the thorax and glabrous ftiells fanguineous. In¬ 
habits Europe. 
48. Lampyris Germanica, the German glow-worm : 
black; fides of the thorax and crofs-ftreaked Ihells rufous. 
Inhabits Germany. 
49. Lampyris nigripes, the black-footed glow-worm r 
fanguineous ; antenna; and legs black. Inhabits Siam. 
50. Lampyris minuta, the minute glow-worm : black ; 
antenna; at the tipand (hells fanguineous. Inhabits Norway, 
51. Lampyris flabellicornis minor, the (mailer fan¬ 
horned glow-worm; black; margin of the thorax tefta¬ 
ceous; antennae ferrate. Shells ftriate, the (triae punc¬ 
tured, with a fmall yellowifli fpot at the bale. This is 
introduced by Dr. Turton: we have added minor to his- 
fpecific name, having already a flabellicornis, the 10th fpe¬ 
cies. Inhabits Cayenne ; fmall. 
52. Lampyris ruficollis, the red-necked glow-worm: 
black; thorax rufous. Antenna; fimple; thorax elevated 
at the edge; (hells ftriate, the (triae punftured. A fmall 
fpecies. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 
LAM'SPRINGE, a town of Weftphalia, in the bi- 
(hopric of Hildefheim, at the fource of a fmall river called 
Lame, which foon after runs into the Innerfee: fourteen 
miles fouth of Hildefheim. 
LA'MUS, a king of the Lseftrygones, who is fuppofed' 
by fome to have founded Forinia; in Italy. The family 
of the Lamia; at Rome was, according to the opinion of 
fome, defeended from him. 
LAMU'ZA, a river of Afiatic Turkey, which runs into 
the Mediterranean thirty miles weft of Tarfus. 
LAMU'ZO, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in Aladnlia, 
on a river of the fame name: twenty-four miles welt of 
Tarfus. 
LA'MY (Francis), a French benediftine monk of the 
congregation of St. Maur, whofe writings are held in 
much efteem, was defeended from a noble family, and born 
at Montereau, in the diocefe of Chartres, in the year 1636. 
He commenced his career in life by following the military 
profelfion ; but he foon exchanged it for the ecclefiaftical, 
which he embraced in the order already mentioned, when 
he was about twenty-three years of age. He died in 1711, 
about the age of feventy-five ; and is highly praifed for 
his benevolence and goodnefs of heart, his candour, the 
amiablenefs and purity of his manners, and his extraor¬ 
dinary piety. He was the author of, 1. A treatifs on 
Self-knowledge, 6 vols. nmo. which palled through feve- 
ral editions, the molt complete one being that of 1700. 
2, On the evident Truth of the Chriftian Religion, nmo. 
1694. 3. The new Atheifm overthrown, nmo. 1.696; in 
anfwer to the writings of Spinoza. 4. Pious Sentiments, 
adapted to the religious Profelfion, nmo. 1697. 5. The 
Groans of the Soul under the Tyranny of the Body, nmo. 
3700, 
