384 INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 42. Elater. 



Riparius. BrafTy-black : (hells ftriate: legs rufous. 



Inhabits Lapland, on the banks of rivers and lakes. 



Advena. Black; ftriate {hells and le^s dull cinereous. 



Inhabits Spain : fmall. Shells pointed : abdomen Mac''. 



Kitidului. Shells ftriate, with 2 yellow fpots : antennae and legs 

 yellow. 

 Inhabits Cayenne- \ about a third part as large as El. pulchellus. 

 Head and thorax fubpubefent black immaculate : Jkells black with 

 2 yellow fpots, that at the bafe larger. 



* Pulchellus Head and thorax black; (hells blackifh with yellowifh fpots: 

 legs yellow. 

 Inhabits Europe, in gardens. Cli<v.Ins. 31. tab. t. f.g. 38. 



2-guttatus. Black ; fliclls ftriate with a rufous fpot in the middle. 



Inhabits the South of France. Olru. Ins. 31. tab. 6. fig. eg. 

 Size of E. pulchellus : Jhells with a rufous fpot in the middle 2- 

 the margin. 



z-maculatus Black; (hells teflaceous, the tip black with a white dor. 

 Inhabits the South o( France. OU<v. Ins. ^\,tab. 5. fig. 5c. 

 Shells with a. tranfverfe black marginal fpot, the tip widely blac : : 

 with a large diftinft white dot. 



3 -maculatus Black ; (hells ftriate, teflaceous with 3 black fpots. 

 Inhabits Saxony; fize of Elater pulchellus. 

 Shells with a large common black fpot at the bafc, and another 



in the middle at the outer margin which nearly touches the 



third : body black : legs yellowifh. 



4-macu!atus Above black ; border of the thorax and 2 fpots on the (hells 

 teflaceous. 

 Inhabits Italy : fize of Elater pulchellus. 



Head black: antenna: teilaceous : thorax fmooth, dull blackifh in 

 the middle and bordered with teflaceous: body dufky : breafl, 

 tail and legs teflaceous. 



Pditus. Black, polifhed: (hells ftriate: fore-legs pale. 



Inhabits the higher mountains oiDahlikarbla ; very fmall,. 



6-guttatus. Smooth, black : (hells with 3 white dots. 



Inhabits the Cape. Thunb. Nct\ Spec. 3, 05.^. ~-. 

 Body very minute, black polifhed. 



Bufrefli . 



