E 1 a t e r. 43t 



Var. b. colore tantum differt: antennSe , cl^nra 

 & pedes dilute teftacea ; thovacis margo anticus & 

 anguli.poilici etjam faepe teftacei, abdomen piceo- 

 ferrugineum» 



60. E. fpntator: oblongus niger puhefcens 

 fub-nitidus, thorace longiori fub-lineari, 

 anteniiis, elytris pedibusque teftaceis. 



Linn. (yfi. nat. 2, 6^4, 24» /«* /^- V4* -^'^^^* 

 fyfi, eletit, 2. 240. ^4. Payk, fn. 3. 20. s^» 



Elater variabiHs, Herbjl. coL 10. 75» SS* Tab, 

 164. f, II. 



Ekter fiifciiku. Illig. Mag. 4. lot. p4» 

 Var. b. Elytris fufcis, antennis pedibusque 

 fufco-telhceis* * 



Habitat in pratis humidis rarius^ in Up- 

 landia Qtm. de Paykill; in Hallandia, 



pje. 



Defcr. Similis quidem praecedenti, fed plus duplo 

 minor, & vere diftinftus» Caput retra^^tum nigrum 

 pubefcens, frotite magna convexa rotundata, crebre 

 pundiata. Antennse thorace paullo longiores, pallide 

 teftaceae, fimplices , articulis obconicis» Thorax Ja- 

 titudine paullo longior, antice emarginatus, lateri- 

 bus fere rei^lus, fub - linearis , immar^inatus , fupra 

 convexus, creberrime pun6tatus, pubefcens , obfolete 

 canaliculatus, niger fub- nitidus, margine fummo an* 

 tico, angulisque pofticis teftaceis. ScuteHum rotun- 

 datum fufco - teftaceum pubefcens. Elytra bafi tho- 

 race paulio latiora, & fere trip'o longiora, pofterius 

 attenuata , fub- acumtnata, fupra modice convexa, 

 fat profunde punftato- ftriata, interftitiis tenue pun- 

 dulatis; aut diiutius teftacea> aut obfcUrius fufco- 



picea. 



