180 BRACO, ELATER. 



3 2. DRACO. Spec. i. 



volans, (flying dragon) fore legs distinct from the 

 wings ; body ash-colour. 



See MS. P. 



8 5. DYTISCUS. Spec. 147. 

 marginalis^ (water-beetle) black ; edge round the 

 thorax and outer margin of the shells yellow. 

 See Mb P. 



E. 



4 3. ECHENEIS. Spec. 3. 

 remora, (sucking-fish,) tail forked ; head with 18 

 streaks. 12 to 18 inches long. Adheres firm- 

 ly to ships, &c. at one end, and fish, &c. at the 

 other. 



See MS. P. 



10 1. ECHINUS. Spec. 109. 



csculentus, (sea-hedgehog, sea-urchin,) subglobu- 

 lar ; with ten avenues or pores, the spaces be- 

 tween covered with small tubercles supporting 

 the spines ; body reddish or yellowish. 



See M- P. 



11 2. EcHiJsoRYNCHus. Spec. 48. 



gigQS) (hog- worm,) clear white ; proboscis sheath- 

 *ed, having numerous rows of hooked prickles 3 

 suction orifices seven. 



Remarks. The species of this genus are nam- 

 ed, generally, by the genitive case of the generic 

 names of the animals which they inhabit. 



See M; ; .< P. 



85. ELATER. Spec. 183. 

 tessellatus, (snap-bug,) shell brassy, with crowded 

 paler spots ; claws red. 



