Lode 4 
PLATE DXLY. 
ELATER 4-PUSTULATUS. 
FOUR-SPOT SPRINGER BEETLE. 
COLEOPTERA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Antenne filiform, lodged in a groove under the head and thorax : 
under fide of the thorax terminating in an elaftic fpine, placed ina 
cavity of the abdomen; by which means the body, when placed on 
the back, fprings up and recovers its natural pofture. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Black wing-cafes ftriated, with two teftaceous dots. 
ELATER 4-PUSTULATUS: niger elytris ftriatis: punétis duobus 
teftaceis. Fabr. Ent. Syf. T. 1. p.. p. 235. 
fp. 89.—Paykull, &c. 
A diminutive infeét, of very uncommon rarity, originally defcribed 
by Fabricius from a fpecimen in the cabinet of Hybner: this was 
found in Saxony: it has been fince defcribed as a native of Sweden, 
and was lately discovered on the banks of the ‘Tavy river. 
The {malleft figure denotes the natural fize; the prevailing colour is 
lack, the fpots on the wing-cafes with the legs teftaceous. 
