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TAB. XXVI, 

 ELATER cyaneus. 



Classy. Insecta. Order I. Coleoptera. 



Gen. Char. Antemice filiform, often serrated. Head 

 small, inserted. Thorax oblong, rather convex, 

 in the front attenuated, with a prominent angle 

 behind on each side. Body elongated : being 

 laid on its back, it jumps by means of a mucron 

 on the breast being thrown out of a foramen in 

 the abdomen. 



Spec. Char. Elytra purplish blue, striated and punc- 

 tulated. Thorax blue green, punctulated. 



Syn. Elater cyaneus. Marsham^s Coleopt. 3SS. 



1 HIS insect has been reckoned British^ and is esteemed as 

 such in the best works on Coleopterous Insects ; although 

 a habitat has not been pointed out. It however was found 

 about three years ago by our friend Mr. Dawson under a 

 stone in the King's Park at Edinburgh, and is perhaps the 

 handsomest of the Elater Genus indigenous to this Island. 



Head and thorax shining blue green. Elytra bright 

 blueish purple, very finely punctulated. Beneath dull green. 

 Legs dull green. Antennae black. 



