162 ' MODERN SYSTEM. 



B. Antennd: simple: joints conic. 



Sp. 3. Elat. vmrinus. Black-fuscous, cloudetl with cinereous down : tho- 

 rax bituberculate : antennae and tarsi red. 



Elatcr murinus. Linn., Fabr., Marsh., Leach. 



Inliubits Europe. Is common on thistles, willows, and under stones 

 in sandy situations. 



II. BoJu linear, nearh/ four times longer than broad : tiborax oblong- 

 quadrate. 



Sp. 4. Elat. marginatus. Black : front retuse : antennae, sides of the 

 thorax, feet, anus, and hinder margins of the abdominal segments, 

 brownish-.yelluw; suture and outer margin of the elytra black. 



Elater marginatus. Linn., Fabr., Oliv., Marsh., Leach. 



Inhabits various herbaceous plants in fields. 



Plate 3. represents fig. 7, Elater seneus, Linn., E. cyaneus. Marsh. — 

 fio-. G. E. semiruber, Hoffmannseggs MSS. a species very connnon in 

 the New Forest, Hampshire; and has, together with many other 

 species, been confounded under the general name sanguineus. 



Fam. VII. Telepiioridx. Leach. 



Tarsi with the last joint but one bifid : antenncr filiform, composed of 

 ten joints : clijtra soft, flexible : thorax nearly quadrate or semicir- 

 cular. 



Genus 71. DASCILLUS. Za/r. Atopa. Pai/kull, Fabr., Leach. 



Chuysomela. Linn. Crioceris. Marsh. Cistela. Olivier. 



Ma^rillar^ ;7fl/;)i filiform, the last joint somewhat cylindric: labial palid 



not bifurcate: hod^ ovate: feet sim])le. 

 Sp. 1. Das. cervina. Black, with cinereous down: antennae, feet and 



elytra, pale yellow. 

 Ghrysomela cervina. Linn. Atopa cervina. Payk., Fabr., Leach. Das- 



cillus cervinus. Latr. 

 Inhabits hedges and woods. 



Genus 72. ELODES. Latr. Cyphon. Fabr., Par/k., Gi/IL, Leach. 



Maxillary palpi filiform, the last joint somewhat cylindric : labial palpi 

 bifurcate : body sub-ovate or round-ovate : feet with their tibiae sim- 

 ple, and their thighs not thickened. 



Sp. 1. El. pallida. Sub-ovate, pale-red, punctulated, pubescent: eyes, 

 antennee (with the exception of their base), apex of the elytra, and 

 afcdomen, blackish : thorax somewhat semicircular, transverse, lo- 

 bate behind. 



Elode.s pallida. Latr. Cy^hon pallidus. Fabr., Leach, 



Inhaliits the white-thoru aijd umbelliferous plants. 



