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bella iv ith yelloivifo-broivn ivings, ivith a ivhite fpot at each of the 

 apices (m), are common by madowy running ftreams in the warm 

 fummer-months, with many others of confiderable beauty. 



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They are generated under water, enclofed in a membrane. 

 Their flight is ftately. Their bodies are compofed of rings to give 

 celerity to their motion. 



13. The fmall black Elater, "with black antenna, and a red thorax (n), 

 is only feen with us in warm fummers. It is adorned with a 

 beautiful red lunulated fpot on the back, turned towards the 

 head ; the exterior wings bluifli, and floated. 



14. The black E later, "with afplcndent yelloiviflj-green on the exterior 

 ivings and thorax (o). The antennse of the male are curioufly pec- 

 tinated. The wings of the female are more tinged with green, 

 and the thorax with yellow, which is the difference of colour 

 between them. 



The Elaters are flinglefs and harmlefs, fprightly and active in- 

 fc6ls, of a nimble wing ; and delight much to reft on a dry wall, 

 on the fides of pales, or a tree, in the fun-fhine. 



(m) Libella media, corpor.e viridi, alis fulvefcentibus maculis parvis albis prope extremum 

 angulum. Raj. Inf. p. 51. n. 12. Libellula corpore viridi-caeruleo ; alis fubfufcis ; punto 

 rnarginali albo. Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 228. n. 758. Hacpracendentisfasmina. Id. 



(n) Attelabus oblongus niger, collar! teftaceo. Linn. A&. Up f. 1736. p. 19. n. 3. 

 Elater niger, thorace rubro. Faun. Suec. p. 185. n. 576. 



(o) Scarabaeus nigro-virens corniculis altero tantum verfu petinatis. (Maf.) At. Lifter, 

 log. p. 387. n. 19. mut. t. 17. t. 14. maf. & f. 14. fcemina. Notopeda nigro-asnea, an- 

 tennis fimplicibus. Linn, ASt. Upf. 1736. p. 15. n. 3. Elater fufco-viridi-aeneus. Faun. 

 Suec. p. 184. n. 575. 



15. The 



