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MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 2. brunneus. Rufo-ferrugineus, punctatissimus, capite, antennis thoracis 



disco, pectore ahdominisque basi nigris. (Long. corp. 4 lin.) 

 El. brunneus. Linne.— Steph. Catal. 122. No. 1235. 



Head black, opaque ; forehead thickly punctate : thorax black, with the an- 

 terior and posterior angles more or less ferruginous ; beneath rufo-ferruginous, 

 with a linear patch in the middle behind, and the breast black: scutellum 

 depressed, black : elytra castaneous-brown, faintly striated : abdomen rufo- 

 ferruginous, with the base black ; legs testaceous, with the base of the femora 

 sometimes dusky : antenna? black, with the basal joint occasionally testaceous. 



With the lateral margins of the thorax above more or less broadly ferruginous. 



Whether the Elater maritimus, Curtis (Steph. Catal. No. 1236.J, belongs to 

 one of the varieties of this species, I have no means of ascertaining ; but from 

 an inspection of the specimens brought from the north by Mr. Dale, I believe 

 such to be the case. 



Rare near London ; but more frequent in the New Forest, in 

 company with the preceding species, of which it may possibly be 

 the female. 



Sp. 3. fulvicollis. Niger, thorace toto rufo-fulvo, elytris nigro-ca?rulescentibus. 



(Long. corp. 4 lin.) 

 El. fulvicollis. Steph. Catal. 122. No. 1337. 



Head black : thorax above entirely bright fulvous-red, clothed with a rufous 

 pubescence, and rather coarsely punctured : scutellum depressed, black: elytra 

 of a deep blue-black, clothed with a short flavescent pile, rather faintly punc- 

 tate-striate, the interstices transversely rugulose: antenna?, legs, and body 

 beneath black, with the margins of the thorax beneath concolorous with the 

 upper surface, being clear fulvous-red : antennae remote at the base. 



This beautiful insect resembles Ctenicerus sanguinicollis, but the antenna? are 

 remote at their origin, the second and third joints are minute, the thorax very 

 gibbous, &c. 



My specimen of this handsome species was captured, I believe, 

 near Bristol. 



Sp. 4. aterrimus. Elongatus, niger, opacus, punctatissimus, thorace sublinearis 



postici canaliculato, pedibus fusco-piceis. (Long. corp. 5 — 6g lin.) 

 El. aterrimus. Linne. — Steph. Catal. 123. No. 1254. — El. atratus. Illiger, 



M. iv. 100. — El. obscurus. Olivier, E. ii. 29. pi. S.J'. 76. — El. nigrinus. 



Herhst, C. x. 43. pi. 161. f. 11. — El. pilistriatus. Zool. Journal, (Pelerin) 



i\.p. 211. 



Elongate, black, opaque, thickly punctate : head small, with an ochreous pu- 

 bescence : thorax with the posterior angles stout, acute, elongated, pro- 

 minent; the disc very convex, especially in front, the base with an impressed 

 line : elytra slightly shining, crenatc-stviated, the interstices thickly punctate, 



