E 1 a t t r. 381 



7. E. holofericeus: brevis nigricans, fupra 



pube holofericea grifeo-pallefcente fub-fa- 



fciatus, pedibus fufco - teftaceis. 



fabr. fyft. ekut. 2. 228. jp. Oliv. ent. 2. $U 



27. 31. Tab. 3. f. 33. Herbfl. col 10. 107. 



/27. Tab. 168. f. 5. Payk. fn. 3. JJ. 3?. 



Marjh. ent. br. i. 386. 28. 



Elater undulatus. Herb/f. col. 10, 41. 47. Tab. 



161. j. p. Arckiv. 4. iii. 8* 

 Habitat in plantis & fruticibus frequens. 



Defcr. Prsecedente minor, anguftior. Captit ro- 

 tundatum fufcum punchtum pubefcens, fronte parurrt 

 impreffa. Antennse vix longitudine thoracis, tenues, 

 fub- ferratae, nigrae. Thorax latitudine medii vix 

 Jongior, antice late fed noti profUnde emarginattfs, 

 Jateiibusnonnihil rotUndatus, angulis pofticis retror- 

 fum porre&is , lineola elevata carinatis; fupra valde 

 convexus, fubtiliffime punftulatus, foveolis vix ullis 

 imprelTus, nifi in ipfa bafi; pube brevi, denfa palle- 

 fcente holofericea, varie circumflexa , tectus , unde 

 vario fitu mutabili colore micat. Scutellum rotunda- 

 tum depreffum pubelcens. Elytra thorace latiora, 

 praefertim in medio diiatata, apicem verfus attenuata, 

 fupra parum convexa, tenue ftriata, & in ftriis levi- 

 ter punfta^a, interftitiis fubtiliffime pun&ulatis ; Pu- 

 befcentia fimilis ac in thorace etjam elytra tegit, fa- 

 fciatim alio verfu flexa , unde fafcise mutabiles fufcae 

 vel pallidse prodiverfo fituapparent. Corpus nigrum, 

 fubtilifiime punftulatum &pubefcens. Femora fufco- 

 picea, tibiis tarfisque dilutius ferrugineis, 



Q.E. caftaneus: brevior niger, thornce 



Sube fulvefcente mutabili te&o, elytris 

 avis apice nigris, antennis pe&ihatis. 



Linn. 



