E l a t e r. 435 



Fabr. fyft. eteut. 2. 246. 127* 



Elater corticalis. Payk. fn. 3. 43* S°- 



Elater teftaceus. Herbfi. eol. 10. iou u8. Tab\ 



167. }. 8. 

 Habitat in truncis Alni, Betulae, m WeAro- 



gothia rarius. 



Defcr, Prsecedente paullo brevior, obtuflor. r.v- 

 gis convexus; occurrit etjatn duplo major. C.^put 

 Digrurn fub-nitidum, fronte convexa, profnnde fed 

 ron crebre pun&ata , antice foveola imprefin : cW- 

 peus dilatatus, emarginatus, fere qnadridpntntvi-. 

 Antennse thorace longiores, valde incraffatre . ru : - c , 

 pubefcentes , totae ferruginese, articnlis ferp quadr*- 

 tis, 2 & 3 minoribus , ultimo ovato longiori. Tbo- 

 rax latitudine brevior, antice fere truncarus . ibiqnfc 

 latior, lateribus rotund itus, anguiis poftjcjs^rr^b- 

 imtts validis acutis ; fupra valde convexus , cr*b*e 

 punftatus, niger nitidus glaber, margine fumrro rr- 

 tico , & interdum anguiis pofticis apice rnfo fp— :-"- 

 neis. Scutellum ovatum piceum ? ?eve ni 4 idum. R\\*- 

 tra tborace paullo latiora , pone b^fin dilatatn. tlorv 

 gata, fub- cylindrica. apice ipfo attenuata . fub- r»npL 

 minata. fupra va!de convexa , profunde led irrrnijV 

 riter pun6ta>a, faturate rufa, glabra . reacub mnr r ' 

 ob'onga nigra in difco poftico, mareines vix \v\\\\ 

 attingente. Ccrpus fubtus nigrum nitidum , gjabrjnr». 

 punftatum. Femora rufo- picea, tibiis tarfisque n?- 

 fo- ferrugineis. 



64. E. cruentatus: Jine3ris convexus r*u 



ger obfcurus, antennis, pedibus, elytrr-i 

 rum margine, abdominisque fignatu; ■.-$ 

 fanguineis. 



Habitat in Fialandia rariflime. Dom. Snhftwg. 

 Ee a D«fcr. 



