162 MODERN SYSTEM. 



B. Antennx simple: joints conic. 



Sp. 3. Elnt. murimis. Black-fuscous, clouded with cinereous down : tho- 

 rax bituberculate : antennae and tarsi red. 



Elater murinus. Linn., Fair., Marsh., Leach. 



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

 in sandy situations. 



II. Body linear, nearly four times longer than broad: thorax oblong- 

 quadi'ate. 



Sp. 4. Elat. marginatus. Black : Front retuse : antenna?, sides of the 

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

 brownish-yellow; suture and outer marghi of the elytra black. 



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



Inhabits various herbaceous plants in fields. 



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

 fi"-. 6. E. semiruber, Hoffmannsegg's MSS. a species very common in 

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

 species, been confounded under the general name sanguineus. 



Fam. VII. Telephorid,^. Leach. 

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

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

 cuL'ir. 



Genus 71. DASCILLUS. Latr. Atopa. Taykull, Fabr., Leach. 



Chrysomela. Vmn. Crioceris. Marsh. Cistela. Olivier. 



Maxillary pa/pi filiform, the last joint somewhat cylindric: labial palpi 



not bifiircate: body ovate: feet simple. 

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



elytra, pale yellow. 

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



cillus ccrvinus. Latr. 

 Inhabits hedges and woods. 



Genus 72. ELODES. Latr. Cypiion. Fabr., Payk., Gyll, 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, 

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

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

 bate behind. 



Elodes pallida. Latr. Cyphon pallidus. Fabr., Leach, 



Inhabits the white-thorn and umbelliferous plants. 



