ELATER. 487 



die, willi the sides parallcl posleiioiiy. The elytra are paral- 

 le! as far as the middle , iheii ohtusely rounded to the apex; 

 the strire are narrow and well defined ; the interstices are not 

 convex ; the antennœ are strongly serrate , the third joint 

 hardly longer than the second ; the eleventh joint oval. 



4. E. FUSCULUS. Ater , helvo-pubescens , thorace punctato , unie 

 médium angustato , angidis postkis testaceis , elytris subtilius 

 striatis , striis punctaîis , interstUiis planis confertim puncta- 

 tis , testaceis, sutura late iufuscata , antennis pedibusqiie tes- 

 taceo-fiiscis , illis arliculis 2 e? o œqualibns. — Long. 2'" c/io. 



Lec. loc. cit. p. 468 , 25. 



Lake Superior , two spécimens. The thorax is not longer 

 than wide , and tolerably strongly rounded on the sides, wich 

 are paraliel behind the middle. The elytra are parallel on the 

 sides , and gradually somewhat ohtusely rounded at the lip. 

 The antennes are as long as the thorax. 



5. E. DELETUS. Ater , nitidus , r/riseo-pubescens , thorace an- 

 trorsum angustato , ely'ris subtilius striatis, striis punctatis^ 

 interstitiis planis , punctatis , antennis pedibusque fusco-testa- 

 ceis , illis articulis 2 tt 3 œqualibus. — Long. 2'" l/a. 



Variât elytris testaceo fuscis. 

 Lec. loc. cit. p. 469 , 24. 



Lake Superior, Though the thorax is narrowed almost from 

 the base , and is less rounded on the sides than in the pre- 

 ceding , the chief character for distinguishing them is found 

 in the punctualion of the thorax , wich is hcre much finer 

 and more distant ; the pubescence instead of being brown is 

 dark gray , appearing almost black in certain lights. The form 

 and sculpture of the elytra are as in E. fusculus. 



One spécimen from Eagle Ilarbour , Lake Superior , is ab- 

 solutely the same in form as those above dcscribed ; but the 

 striœ of the elytra are deep and strongly punctured , and the an- 

 tenntc and fect are ycllowish teslaccous. In Ihc absence of 



