ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



CLENIOCERUS AULICUS. Leach, MSS. Stephens. 

 Elater Aulicus. Panzer. 



Head and thorax obscure brassy-green, deeply 

 punctured and pubescent, the latter has a deep 

 channel down the centre, the scutellum is nearly 

 black, and very pubescent : elytra; testaceous deeply 

 striated and the interstices punctate, and with a deep 

 transverse impression at the base, extending across 

 eight of the striae, they terminate acutely : the under 

 parts of the thorax and body of a darker brassy-green, 

 deeply punctate and pubescent : the antennae and 

 legs are of the same colour : the palpi are black and 

 shining. Length of the body 8 lines. 



We are indebted to our much valued and respected 

 friend, Dr. William Elford Leach, for our speci- 

 men of this rare insect, two specimens of which he 

 brought to London with him, in 1826, and the last 

 time he was in England ; the other specimen, with 

 many other novelties, he gave to be incorporated in 

 the indigenous collection of the British Museum. 

 We believe the specimens to have been taken in 

 Devonshire, not by the Doctor, but by some of his 

 friends. Many of the Elaters feed in the bodies of 

 dead trees during their larva state, and will be found 

 in the perfect state, very often, several inches from 

 the surface, in decayed wood. 



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