ELATERID/E. — ELATER. 255 



Found, but not commonly, within the metropolitan district. " Ep- 

 ping." — Mr. Doubleday. 



tSp. 10. Bructeri. Oblongus,fusco~wneus, convexus,thorace breviori punctato, 

 elytris punctatissimis obsolete striatis, pedibus fusco-pallidis. (Long. corp. 

 n lin.) 



El. Bructeri. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 122. No. 1243. 



Oblong, convex, brown-brass: tbe forehead subfoveolate: thorax rather short, 

 punctate, slightly bisinuated in front, the sides a little rounded, with the pos- 

 terior angles short, stout, rather acute : the disc somewhat deeply, but not 

 thickly, punctate : scutellum rounded : elytra elongate, with the apex acu- 

 minated ; the disc with obsolete, scarcely punctate, striae, with the interstices 

 thickly punctured : body glabrous beneath, slightly punctate : femora dusky- 

 piceous; tibia? and tarsi paler: antenna? black, slender, simple, with the third 

 joint not much less than the following. 



This species has been captured, I believe, in Norfolk. 



tSp. 11. nigrinus? Lineari-elongatus, ater opacus, thorace suboblongo punc- 

 tatissimo, angiitis posticis elongatis, carina elevatd, elytris subdepressis trans- 

 vers\m rugoso-punctatis. (Long. corp. 3^- lin.) 



El. subrugosus. Steph. Catal. 123. No. 1244?— El. nigrinus. Paykul, iii. 39? 



Linear-elongate, deep opaque black, slightly pubescent : forehead convex, punc- 

 tured : thorax somewhat oblong, the disc very thickly, but not deeply punctate, 

 the punctures somewhat confluent, the base with a small impression in front 

 of the scutellum ; the posterior angles considerably elongated, with a distinct 

 elevated ridge : elytra somewhat narrower than the thorax, depressed, a little 

 shining, and clothed with a short hoary down, striated, the interstices thickly 

 and transversely rugose-punctate : legs and antennae black : the second and 

 third joints of the latter, as in the rest of the genus, distinctly smaller than 

 the remainder, which are conic. 



In the possession of Mr. C. Griesbach I once observed an insect of this genus, 

 which was evidently different from any that I possessed, or had seen in any 

 other collection, to which I applied the name subrugosus : I had not the op- 

 portunity of taking a description, but as, from my recollection of the insect 

 in question, I have no doubt of its identity with the above, I have referred 

 thereto with doubt, in case upon comparison it should prove distinct. The 

 insect above described ill associates with this section. 



A single example taken " near Cobham, in Sept. 1828."" — A. 

 Cooper, Esq. The specimen in Mr. Griesbach's collection taken, 

 I believe, near Windsor. 



B. With the body more or less depressed, 

 a. With the thorax equal, the sides not dilated. 



