INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 42. Elater. 3?7 



Lufcus* Thorax with 2 black ocellate fpots : body black immacu- 

 late. 

 Inhabits America* Oli<v. Ins* 31. tab* &* fg> 64. 



Cacus. Black ; thorax with 2 ocellate fpots ; fhells with 2 arched 

 ftfeaksand a ferruginous dot behind. 

 Inhabits Africa. 



Thorax with a large oblong ferruginous ring each fide : fhells 

 fmooth, one of the arches turned upwards the other down- 

 wards. 



Lineatuu Black ; thorax and (hells with rufous line^ 



Inhabits BrafiL OUv. Ins. 31. tab. 6*fg. 63. Large: 



Koclilucus. 



Sides of the thorax with a glabrous yellow fpot. 



rn habits South America. Ollv. Ins. 31. tab* 2. fio. 14. 



This infeftwith feveral others of its genus, affords a ftrongphof- 

 poric light in the night time, the ftreams of which are foitrong, 

 that a perfon may fee to read the fmalleft print: when placed 

 on its back will fpring 4 or 5 inches from the level on which if. 

 is put, to recover its natural pofition. 



Phofphoreus Thorax with 2 yellow fpots behind. 



Inhabits South America. Oliv. Ins* 31. tab* 2. fig* 20 



Ignitus* Brown ; thorax black with a yellow margin. 1 



Inhabits Cayenne* Oli-v. Ins. 31, tab* S.fig. 78. 



Tufcipes* Black ; antennas and legs brown. 



Inhabits Eafi India. Qtiv* Ins. f\. tab* i>fg* 21. 

 Body Very large : jhells ftriate. 



4-macu/a- Cinereous ; thorax with 4 black dots, fhells with 2* 

 tus ' Inhabits Africa. Olii>. Ins. 31. tab. S.fg. 79. 



Antennae and f cut el black. 



Rubighofus Blackifh fpotted with grey: large . fpot on the fhells and 

 border of the thorax pale. 



Inhabits Sierra Leon a* in Africa. 



Headh\d.ck : front dvtU ferruginous: thorax with a black dorfal 

 line;, the edge reddifh : Jhells black fpeckled with grey, at the 

 bafe is a large ferruginous dot and behind a large pale fpot 

 nearly forming, a band: breajl black, the fides a little- ruft- 

 colour : abdomen black, 3 of the fegments at the bafe with each, 

 fide a rufly fpot and a white marginal dot : legs black. 



tigneus* Ferruginous ; fhells mucronate : antennas black. 



Inhabits South America. Olh>. Ins. 31. t*%b. 2. fg* I J. 



Vol.—II 3 B Rufus. 



