74 ORDER I. Elater. 



Linnaeus was unacquainted with the larva of 

 the Elater, but we learn from Geoffroy, that it 

 lives and undergoes its metamorphofis in the 

 trunks of decayed trees. 



That author, however, has faid nothing with 

 regard to its formation, fo that we are flill igno- 

 norant whether or no it refembles that of the Bu- 

 preftis. The complcat infects are frequently 

 found on flowers and plants ; fome of them fre- 

 quent the banks of running waters, fandy banks, 

 &c. and are pretty well known. They are in 

 fome places not improperly called Skippers* 



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