Projection type vehicular headlamp

A vehicular headlamp having a projection type headlamp, comprising:

• a first headlamp having a first light source;
• a second headlamp providing adjacent said first headlamp and having a second light source, said second headlamp comprising a projection lamp unit accommodating said second light source, said projection lamp unit comprising an elliptic reflector, a holder fixed to said elliptic reflector and a projection lens fitted on said holder at a side opposite said elliptic reflector;
• a lamp body having a front opening for accommodating said first and second headlamps;
• an outer lens fixed to said front opening of said lamp body, a beam emitted from said projection lamp unit passing through a circular projection light transmitting region on said outer cover, diffusion steps being formed in an area of said projection light transmitting region defined between a horizontal chord passing through a lower portion of said projection light transmitting region and a lower arcuate boundary of said projection light transmitting region, and in said outer cover diametrically outside of and surrounding said projection light transmitting region, areas of said projection light transmitting region other than said area defined between said chord and said lower boundary being free of said diffusion steps, said diffusion steps in said projection light transmitting region reflecting a portion of light from said beam emitted from said projection lamp unit in a downward direction so as to reduce a difference in brightness between an irradiation area and a non-irradiation area between said irradiation area and a vehicle on which said vehicular headlamp is mounted.