OF THE UNITED BT \ TES. |i..: 



ELATER Linn. [Esch. emend.) 



A mit.ix s (if rm. 



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Densely punctured, opaque species, having the first joint of the antenna? Bhort, the 



cond mid third small and equal, the following large and triangular, and the eleventh more 



or less distinctly constricted: the front is convex, the margin distinct, forming anterior]) 



an angle, the apex of which is rounded. Tin lateral suture of the prosternum i- not i \- 



cavated anteriorly. The mandibles arc acute at tip. with an obtuse tooth be) I"the 



middle. 



1. K. Sturmii, ater, opacos, brevissime pubescens, thorace convexo, lateribua parallelia anl 

 rotundatis confertissime punct ce canaliculate, elytria parallelia versos apicem an 



Btriia profundia punctatis, interstitiia Bubtiliter dense scabro | tatis, antennaruro nrticulo ultimo 



tincte constricto. Lonu'- ' 17 — "6. 



.1 '■'■■■ Sturmii Germ. Zeitscbr. 5, U - 



/.' Unus granulosus Melsbeimer, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. -'. 1 



Middle and Southern Stales, rare 



_. E. tar bul en tus, ater opacus, breviter bispide | is, tboraoe snbconvezo, antroraum 



Qgnstato, ct lateribna late rotundatis, confertissime punctato, postice canalicolato, elytria grada- 



tim angastatis tnrbido-luteia, pone medium confuse uigro-nebulosis, macula atrinque tranBvi rea palli- 



diore, striia profundia punctatis, infuscatis, interstitiia Bubtiliter dense Bcabro-punctatia, antennarum 



articulo 11"'° moilice constricto. Long. "58. 



Two specimens found near San Diego, on a kind ol grass, in June. Similar in all its 

 characters to the preceding, but with the sides of the elytra less parallel, ami the bk 

 rior angles of the thorax more diverging: the elytra are dirty yellow, with the striae 

 brownish: behind the middle is a large, indistinct, blackish cloud, which includes <>n each 

 elytron a transverse slightly reniform yellow Bpot, paler than the groundcolour of the 

 elytra. In one specimen the cloudiness is seen only on the margins of this Bpot, which is 

 also very indistinct. 



3. E. limbalis, opacus uiger, breviter bispide flavo-pubeacena, tborace pnnctat 

 antroraum ai rectia, 1 elytria striia pro- 



fundia punctatis, interstitiia confertisaime subtiliaa Bcabro-punctatia, buI anil 



basi rufo-piccis, articnlo II ' paulo constricto. Long. # 84 — *45. 



Berbst, Kafer, 1". 53; tab. 162, Eg. I": - \:». Phil. S ic. 8, I 



us limbalis Germ. Zeitscbr. 5, 164. 



Middle, Southern, and Western States not rare Varies with the yellow -mural mai 

 urn becoming obsolete aboul the middle: the thoracic Bpol varies in bjzc, sometime - reach- 

 ing l)'>tli the tip and base of the thorax. 



B. 

 Moderate-sized, or Bmall species, mostly cuneate in form, with the thorai onl) slightly 

 convex, and considerably n I in front: the anterior margin ol the front which >-• 



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