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Fabriclus mentions a variety of Elater cupreus with 

 simple antennae, and an aeneous body, which may be the fcr- 

 male sex of our insect. It is, however, not only distinguish- 

 able from that species by the colour of the elytra, but like- 

 wise by being broader in proportion to its length. Panzer 

 has figured it tolerably well, and appears to have been ac- 

 quainted with the other sex, the antennae of which he also 

 figures. Paykull says that he has sepn a variety of the male 

 of Elater pectinicornis with cupreo-purpurascent elytra, 

 which is probably our insect ; but it is certainly distinct 

 from Elater pectinicQrnis, being much shorter in proportion 

 to its size. 



