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ELATER. 



teftaceo-rufescentia , convexa, obfoiete punclato- 

 fbriata, interftitia etiam flriarum ocuio acute 

 ' armato pundis minutisflmis excavatis adfper- 

 fa. Alae fusco - hyaiinse , nervis rufescentibus. 

 Peclus & Ahdomen jam fusca ano rufescen- 

 te, jam fusco - rufescentia , jam rufo - ferrugi- 

 nea immacuiata. Pedes paiiide jrufescentes, 

 Ei. Vittato fepius pauio minor. 

 Obs. Pilis brevisfimis grisescentibus undique 

 adfperfus. 



v V. EL. Dorfaiis fronte integra^ thorace Hnea* 

 ri, elytris teftaceis leviter punHato-ftriatis: 

 rugis levisfimis interjeclis ; futura nigra, 



Habitat in lucis 8f hortis frequens. 

 Caput nigrum, ore ferrugineo; frons pun- 

 clulata integra; antenna capite thoraceque 

 pauio iongiores, ferrugineas, articuiis obconi- 

 cis minime ferratis. Thorax linearis, iatitu- 

 dine vix dimidio iongior, puncluiatus , con- 

 vexus, fuscus, margine faspius anteriore Sc 

 exteriore iate ferrugineo; mucro pecloraiis 

 fubtus in medio denticuio armatus. Scutel- 

 lum fuscescens, depresfiuscuium, minutum. 

 Elytra thoracis iatitudine, at tripio fere ion- 

 giora, teflacea, futura faspiusque margine ex- 

 teriore nigris; convexa, fubtilisfime punctato- 

 flriata: interftitia flriarum ocuio acute arma- 

 to rugis ievisfimis adfperfa. Alce aibido-hy- 

 alinae, nervis vix obfcurioribus. Peclus & 

 Ahdomen fusca, ano fepiusque marginibus 

 fegmentorum abdominis rufesccntibus. Pedes 

 tertacei. 



Obs. Pube brevisiima nitida grisescente undi- 

 que adfperfus, DifFert a praecedente, cuiafFi- 



ms, 



