ELATERID7E. — ELATER. 257 



Not common : found in various parts of the West of England, 

 and in the New Forest. " Bagley-wood, Oxon." — Rev. F. W. 



Hope. 



Sp. 15. semiruber. Ater, capite thoraceque fusco-hirtis, elytris testaceo-san- 



guineis pube riifescenti adspersis, tarsis piceis. (Long. corp. 5 — 6 lin.) 

 El. semiruber. Hqffmansegg MSS.—Steph. Catal. 123. No. 1248. 



Rather narrow, black, the head and thorax clothed with a fuscous or black 

 pubescence; the latter somewhat depressed, rather coarsely punctate, and 

 not channelled behind : elytra punctatc-striate, pale immaculate blood-red, 

 sparingly clothed with short rufous hairs : antennae and legs black ; tarsi 

 piceous. 



More slender, but as long as the preceding insect ; the head and thorax alone 

 clothed with black, and the elytra with rufous, down. 



Taken near Brockenhurst, in the New Forest; also, I believe, 

 near Bristol. " Taken on Crwmlyn Bog, by Mr. Millard." — 

 L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 16. Pomonae. Ater, fusco-hirtus, thorace convexiori, elytris sanguineis 



apice summo nigris, tarsis piceis. (Long. corp. 44 — 5^ lin.) 

 El. Pomonae. Hoffmansegg MSS.—Steph. Catal. 123. No. 1249. 



Rather narrow, black, clothed with a fuscous or black pubescence ; thorax some- 

 what convex, moderately punctured : elytra punctate-striate, blood-red, with 

 the tip alone black : antennae and legs black ; tarsi pitchy. 



In form similar to the last, but clothed entirely above with a fuscous pubescence, 

 and the elytra with a small patch of black at the extreme tip. 



This species has occurred at Darenth-wood, but no other part in 

 the vicinity of the metropolis that I am aware of. " Barmouth." — 

 Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 17. praeustus. Ater, capite thoraceque nigro lineatis, elytris sanguineis apice 



summo nigris, rufo-hirtis, tarsis Jerrugineis. (Long. corp. 3^ — 4 lin.) 

 El. praeustus. Fahricius. — Steph. Catal. 123. No. 1250. 



Black : head and thorax densely clothed with a black pubescence ; the latter 

 very obsoletely punctate : elytra blood-red, with the apex black, the surface 

 sparingly clothed with rufous hairs : antennae and legs black ; tarsi ferru- 

 ginous. 



Considerably less than either of the foregoing, with the thorax almost im- 

 punctate, and with the head clothed with black down ; the elytra blood-red, 

 with a rather large patch of black at the tip, and sparingly clothed with 

 rufous hairs. 



The only locality I know for this insect, which is far from 



