25.8, JVew JHwericaii Species of the Genpru. 



Length three-quarters of an inch. 



The thorax is more than half the length of the elytra. 

 Bare. 



9. 22. injlatus. Dark cupreous, short, robust ; feet rufous. 



Elater metallicus, Melsh. Catal. 



Description. Body short, very robust, dark cupreous, with 

 short cinereous hair : head with the transverse line between 

 the antennae obtuse, not prominent : antenna dark piceous, 

 a little serrate, radix rufous : thorax elevated convex* 

 breadth equal to the length ; a longitudinal impressed line 

 obsolete on the anterior margin ; posterior spines moderate : 

 tcutel orbicular : elytra with impressed striae, which have 

 small punctures : postpectus blackish : feet pale rufous. 



Length nipe-twentieths of an inch. 



Unusually short and thick. It is very different from obesiis, 

 nob. by its much more robust form, by having an impressed 

 thoracic line, and by its general colour. 



10. E. erosus. Brownish-rufous j thorax with five indenta- 

 tions,. 



Description. Body entirely rufous, tinged with brownish, 

 slightly hairy : head with an impressed longitudinal line : 

 ■antennee not serrate, the joints short, terminal joint pro- 

 duced at tip and acute : thorax short, decidedly broader 

 than long, lateral edge much arcuated, posterior angles 

 shprt ; base with an impressed line extending to the middle 

 with an abbreviated impressed line on each side of it, not 

 reaching the base, on each side of the middle is a slight 

 indentation : scutel small, orbicular, convex : elytra rather 

 deeply striated, striae with small punctures : henpalh a little 

 Baler 



