4J4 E l a t e r. 



Elaier laieralh, Herb/l. col. lo. loi, iip, Tab^ 

 167. /. p. 



Elater inmiifur var, Oliv, ent, 2, jz. jj. 7^. 

 Tab, 6. f. 62. q, b. 



Habitat m gratninofis ad agrorum margine^ 

 pafiim". 



Defcr» Statiira elcngata angnfta praecedentls , fed 

 euadruplo rhinor, EL puichello paiiiio iongior, non 

 vero larior. Caput ni^rum fub - riitidum, fronte con- 

 vexa , crebre pundlara. antice rotundata, . Antennae 

 thorace loneiores , craffiufculse, tot?e pallide ferru- 

 ginese, pubefcentes, obrufe ferratae, articulis 2& 3 

 anguftioribus obconicis. Thorax latitudine vix 

 lonjior, antlce fere truncatus, iblque paallo la- 

 tior, lateribus vix rotundatus immarginatus, angulis 

 pofticis porreftis acutis; fiipra convexus, crebre pun- 

 ccatus , pubefcens., niger, fub- nitidus , margine an- 

 ticc angufte, ipfoque npice ibiaarum interdum tefta- 

 ceis. Scutellum ovatum nif^runri nitidum Iseve. E'y« 

 tra thorace vix latiora, vaicie elongata, apicem ver- 

 fus attenuata, fupra modice conviexa, fat profunde 

 punftato- ftriata , interftitiis vix pun^l:alatis ; teftacea, 

 pribefcentia, futura tota fatis late , margineque exter- 

 no pofterius aacrufte , nigro-fufcis. Corpus fubtus 

 nigrum nitidum , ano teftaceo, Pedes toti pallide 

 ferruginei. ^ 



Var, b. differt tantum elytris fere totis palHdis; fa- 

 tura tamen plerumque anterius paullo obfcurior. 



In var. c. Elytra nigra, macula majrna elongata 

 humerali teftacea ; in ceteris omnino eadem. 



63» E. Alni: oblongus iub-cylindricus ni- 

 ger glaber, antennis craffis pedibiisqtje 

 mfo-teftaceiSj elytris rufis, macala pollrca 

 nigra^ 



. 'Fabr^ 



