: PLATE DVI. 
Elater melanocephalus ruber Panz. Voet. ii. 117. 21. t. 44. f. Zt. 
Eaten sancuineus. Mar/h. Ent. Brit. T. 1. p. 383.1. 20. 
Very rare in Britain. The fpecies is found in Sweden, Germany 
and France. 
FIG. II H. 
ELATER CUPREUS. 
COPPERY ELATER, or SKIPPER BEETLE. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
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SYNONYMS. 
Coppery : wing-cafes half yellow: antennz of the male pectinated. 
Eater Cuprevs: cupreus, elytris dimidiato-flavis : antennis maris 
pectinatis. Marfh. Ent. Syji. T. 1. p. 384. 23. 
Exvater cuprevus. abr. Syft. Ent. 15.—Spec. Inf. 1. 268. 20. 
—ITint. Syfi. 1. b. 925.37. 
ELATER CASTANEUS. Scop. 280. 
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A very beautifui and rare fpecies: its fize equal to that of. Elater | 
pectinicornis: dull coppery or brafly rufous: anteme black. 
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