ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET. 



BLETHISA MULTIPUNCTATA. Bonelli. 

 Helobium multipunctatum. Leach. 



Black and bronzed : head longer than broad : eye? 

 large and prominent : antennae of moderate length 

 and filiform : thorax rounded on the anterior part, 

 truncate behind, with an impressed line down the 

 centre : elytra bronzed striated, and with larse and 

 deep impressions in lines : legs black. 



Length 5 lines. 



Inhabits damp places at the roots of grass. 



This elegant insect we have occasionally met with 

 in Battersea Fields, in the months of April and May. 

 It also occurs at Wittlesea Mere, but is by no means 

 a common insect. All the Elaphridce appear fond of 

 running on the mud during sun-shine. 



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