E t t e y, 42f5 



Fabr, J^ft. eleut. 2. 243. 137. Payk. /n, 3. 44, 

 ^i. Herbji. col, w, 14^, 1^7. 



Var. b. Elytris irnniacuJaus, Patjk, loc. cit, 

 not, 



Elater Derm.efloUef,, Herbjl,_ c-ol, 10, Sj, p6. 

 Tab, i6s /. 10. 



Habitat in littoribus lacuum arenofis paflim* 



Defcr. Affinis quidctn prsscedenti, fed vere diftin» 

 ^us, duplo minor, adeoc^ue minimus noftratum, cry- 

 ptophngo cellari 2equalis. Caput latum nigrum, frori* 

 te fere pJana. , fubtiUfrune punClulata ; os teftaceum* 

 Antennae longitudine thoracis, articulis obccnicis* 

 nigTse, bafi teftaoese, Thorax niger fub- nitidus, la- 

 titudine medii vix longior, antice enjarginatus, late-- 

 ribus rotundatus, evidenter marginatus, medio diia- 

 tatus, anguiis pofticis iteram prominulis acutis ca- 

 rinatis; fupra convexus, crebre at tenue punftulatus, 

 grifeo- pubefcens, carinula medja fub-elevata Jsevi 

 glabra* ScutelJum depreffurncordatumnigrum, Ely- 

 tra thorace latiora, & tantum dupio longiora, ovata, 

 apice obtufe rotundata , fupra fub - depreffa, tenue 

 ftriata ftriis Jsevibus, interftitiis planis, vix pun^tu- 

 latis; nigra, pubefcentia, macula humeraii majori, 

 & aiia pauUo intraapicem minori rotundata flavefcen- 

 tibus. Corpus nigrum fub - pubefcens. Pedes pallide 

 teftacei vei flavefcent.es.. 



Fam. 2. Ore deflexo, fronte obtufa* 



55, E. aterrimus: elongatus niger opacus 

 pundlatiflimus, thorace fub-lineari poftice 

 canaliculato, pedibus fufco-piceis*. 



Dd S Xififff 



