320 CLASS INSECTA. 



Hemirhipus, Lat. 



The species are all exotic* 



Here these organs in the same sex, are pectinated in all 

 their length. 



Cteniceea, Lat.+ 

 In the following sub-genus, or the 



Elater (Proper), 



The antennae of the males are simply serrated. 



The anterior extremity of the head is sometimes on a 

 level with the labrum, or on the same horizontal, sometimes 

 more raised and terminated abruptly ; but these differences, 

 often not to be well appreciated, are not of sufficient 

 consequence to establish generic sections, and the genus, 

 which I named Lcedie^ requires a further examination. 



E. Noctilucus, Lin. Oliv. Col. II. 31, ix. 14, a., rather 

 more than an inch long, of an obscure brown, with an ash- 

 coloured down. There is a yellow, round, convex, shining, 

 spot, on each side of the corslet, near its posterior angles; 

 some lines with small points sunken on the cases. — Of South 

 America. 



Its spots, during the night, send forth a very strong light, 

 which is sufficient to enable one to read the finest writing, 

 especially if several of these insects be collected in one 

 vessel. It is by this light that women perform their work. 

 They also place this insect as an ornament in their head- 

 dress, for their evening promenade. The Indians attach it 



* Elater flabeUicornis, Fab. ejusd. JB.fascicularis, &c. 

 f His Elater, pectinicornis, cupreus, hcematodes ; Tcaipin double-croix, 

 Cuv. Regn. An. IV. xiv. 3. 



