Lampyris splendida, Drury, App. vol. 3.

Lampyris Savignii? Kirby Trans. Linn. &c. v. 12. Guérin. Icon. R. An. Ins. pl. 14. fig. 7.

Habitat: Rio Janeiro.

Antennæ setaceous, with a small spine, like a short hair, at each of the joints. Head withdrawn, and entirely hid by the shield-like thorax. Thorax yellow, margined and semicircular, with a rugged projection in the middle. Scutellum small, yellow, and triangular. Elytra dark red-brown, with a cream-coloured line running longitudinally from the thorax towards the apex, and having a small cream-coloured margin. Breast orange colour. Legs partly orange and black. Abdomen, which is rather thick, black, with a cream-coloured streak crossing it near the anus.

BLATTA (PHORASPIS) PICTA.

Plate [L]. fig. 3.

Order: Orthoptera. Section: Cursoria. Family: Blattidæ.

Genus. Blatta, Linn. &c. (Subgenus: Phoraspis, Serville.)

Blatta (Phoraspis) Picta. Atra; elytris vittâ sanguineâ thoracisque margine antico flavescenti. (Long. Corp. 9 lin.)

Syn. Blatta picta, Drury, App. vol. 3. Fabr. Ent. Syst. 2. p. 10. Serville Revis. Orthop. p. 17. (Phoraspis p.)