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PLATE CCCLVI. 



E LATER FERRUGINEUS. 



COLEOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae filiform. Palpi four. An elaftic fpine at the extremity 

 of the thorax on. the under fide, by means of which it fprings up 

 when placed on the back. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER.' 



Thorax and wing-cafes ferruginous. Body and pofterior margin 

 of the thorax black. 



Elater Ferrugineus : thorace elytrifque ferrugineis, corpore 

 thoraceque margine pofteriore nigris. Linn, a 

 Gmel. T. 1. p. 4, p. 1906. fp. 20. 



Scarce. From the colledion of Mr. Fraucillon. 



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H4 FIG. 



