f9» £♦ obfcuTUs: brevls nigro^fafcus pu* 

 bsfcens opacus, antice obtufus, thorace 

 gibbo, antennis pedibusqae fufco-teftaceis^ 



Var. k Elytris*, antennis pedibusque dilu- 

 tius teftaceis* 



Litm. fylt. nat. 2, %. 25. fn. fu. 73J'. Marfk 

 enh br. i* J77, 4. Herhft. ArcJiiv, j*. 7/4. j7^ 



^Elater, variabilis^ Fabr. fyjl^ eleut^ 3o 2^1, pS" 

 Payk^ fn. j. 26. $0, 



-Elater obtifzis» De Geer. Inf 4. 747. 5» Th^* 



J*» f lp'22. 



Eiater hirieliuf, Herbfi. coi, 10, P4, wp* Tab^ 

 166^ /. II. 



Habitat in agris, hortis, pratis, ubique 

 vulgaris. - 



Defcr* Similis prjecedenti, fed paullo brevior> 

 craffior, convexror; magnitiido variat. Caput valde 

 retra^lum, deflexum , nigro fufcum, grifeo-pube- 

 fcens, (frontei rotundata, creberrime punftata. An* 

 tenn33 thorace vix longlores , fufco-ferruginese, arti- 

 culis brevibus cordatis, 2 i& 3 anguftioribus. Tho- 

 rax niger opacus , grifeo - pubefcens , pun6lati/fimusv' 

 latitudine fere brevior, antice late emarginatus, late- 

 ribus rotundatus, medio dilatatus , tenue marginatus» 

 angulis pofticis vaiidis acutis prominulis; fupra val- 

 de convexus, bafi obfolete canaliciilatus. Scutellum 

 rotundatum ni^rum pubefcens. Elytra bafi thorace 

 latiora, apicem verCus attenuata, acuminata, fupra- 

 valde convexa, tenue pun61:ato - ftriata, interftitiis 

 confertiffime punftuiatis ; dilutius nigro- fufca, opa* 

 ca, tenue pubefcentia, Corpus nigrum fub-nitidura 

 punftulatifTimum pubefcens, Pedes f ufco - ferruginei, 

 ^emoribus nigro-piceis» 



Var, 



