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longitudinal elevated line of red down the middle of 

 each, which is turned backwards at the base. The 

 under side of the body, and the legs, are black. 



An inhabitant of the same countries as the pre- 

 ceding species, and often found in company with it. 



ELATER SUTURALIS. 



PLATE VII. Fig 4. 



Fabricius — Olivier, ii. No. 31, pi. 1, fig. 3, a, &, c, d — Ela- 

 ter angulatus, Drury's Illustrations, iii. pi. 47, fig. 5. 



This species is liable to considerable variation 

 both in size and markings. The head and antennae 

 are black, and the former has an angular projection 

 on each side anteriorly. The thorax is rather long 

 and narrow, and is produced on each side before the 

 middle into an acute angle : the colour is yellow, 

 with a broad streak of black down the centre ; and 

 occasionally there is a rounded spot of black placed 

 between the dorsal line and the lateral projections. 

 The scutellum is black. The elytra are reddish 

 yellow, with a broad band of black on each side, and 

 another along the suture, which meet at the apex, 

 and gradually become narrower at the opposite ex- 

 tremity, scarcely extending to the base. The legt 

 and under side of the abdomen are reddish yellow, 

 the latter with two longitudinal streaks of black. 



Likewise a native of South America, where it ap- 

 pears to be pretty common. 



