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longiis, antice late emarginatus, in spinam aciitam, subcomprossam utrin- 

 cpie productus, ad basin rix coarctatus, angulis poslicis aculis subreflcxis, 

 iibiqrie impresso -pimctaUis. Pectiis abdomenque punctata, tcstaceo-sub- 

 villosa. Scutellum punctatnm, rix squamosum. Eljtra thorace vix dnplo 

 longiora, basi latiora, versus apicera atteniiata, apice mucronata, dorso 

 siiJjtilissime pimctulata, longitudinaliter punctato- striata, testaceo - mai-gi- 

 nata. Pedes testacei. 



72. ELATER (Elater Eschscli.) complanatus n. sp. . 

 E. fuscus, pubescens, eljtris striatis, obsolete ferrugineo-maciilatis, tho- 

 race punctato, poslice iitrinque ferrugineo, antennis pedibusq\ie 

 pallidls. Long. lin. 4. 

 Simillirans E. tridentato F., differt tarnen tboracis mai'gine postico 

 in dentera medium acutum haud elevato. Corpus ovatmn, plamun, pim- 

 ctatuni, fuscum, nbique griseo-tomentosuni. Caput antice productum, 

 rotundatum , marginatum , ore antennisque testaceis. Thorax ad apicem 

 sensim attenuatus, ad basin haud coarctatus, lateribus rotundatis, margine 

 antico parum emarginalo , postico utrinque in anguhmi acutum , carina- 

 tum, ferrugineum, medio in tubercuhun, vix tarnen elevatum, producto. 

 Pectus abdomenque punctulata, holosericea. Elytra basi thorace ferc an- 

 gustiora, vix duplo longiora, ad apicem attenuata, dorso striata, striis 

 obsolete punctatis, interstitiis parum elevatis, obsolete punctulatis. Pedes 

 testacei. • 



73. ELATER (Cardiophorus Eschsch.) vitellinus n. sp. 



E. fuscus, thorace utrinque, elytris, antennis pedibusque testaceis. Long, 

 lin. 24. 

 Statura fere E. rußpedis. Caput subtilissime punctulatum, pube- 

 scens, fuscum, ore antennisque testaceis. Thorax antice late emarginatus, 

 postice bisinuatus, utrinque productus, lateribus rotundatus, supra eleva- 

 tus, vix punctulatus, pubescens, fuscus, margine antico utrinque, dcnti- 

 bus posticis apice ferrugineis. Pectus abdomenque subtus subtilissime alu- 

 tacea, fusca, lateribus pubescentia, sericea , segmentis ventralibus ultimis 

 apice testaceis. Scutellum fuscum. Elytra basi vix thorace latiora, ad 

 apicem sensim attenuata, dorso strialo- punctata, in intei'Stitiis vLx rugosa, 

 testacea. Pedes testacei. 



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