ELATER. 



tis. Thorax latitudine dimidio longior, con- 

 vexus, pun&ulatus , immarginafus, fiibJice^ris, 

 angulis tamen pofticis parum prominulis : mu- 

 cro pedoralis obtufus, extrorfum angufktus, 

 fubtus denticulo armatus. Scutellurn nigrum, 

 minutum, fubgibbofum, pofiice rotundatum. 

 Elytra thoracis latitudine, at triplo fere lon- 

 giora, fublinearia, poftice tamen paulo angu- 

 fiata; nigra, opaca, leviter pun&ato-ftriata: 

 interftitia ftriarum oculo armato fubtilisfime 

 rugofa. Alce amplae, fusco - hyalinse nervis 

 obfcurioribus. Petlus & Abdomen nigra. 

 Pedes picei. El. Obfcuro vix major. 



Obs. Oculo acute armato pilis omnino brevisfi- 

 mis cinerascentibus , fupra vix confpicuis, ad- 

 fperfus. De Synonymis Fabricii & Linnaei 

 dubius. 



IX. EL. Tesfellatus thorace poftice dilatato, 

 elytris obfcure aneis, maculis griseis villo- 

 sis; unguibus rufis, 



Fabr. Ent. Syft. i. p. 2. p. 222. 28» El. tes* 

 sellatus. 



Linn. Syft. Nat. 2. p. 659. 22. Fn. Sv> 738* 

 EL tesfellatus. 



De Geer. Ins. 4. p. 148' ?> Ei. rufo-ungvi- 

 culatus. 



Habitat in hortis frequens. 



Caput obfcure seneum punclulatum , pilis gri- 

 «eis fparfis, fronte integra; antenna nigras, 

 fubferratae, capitis tlioracisque longitudine. 

 Thorax antice longitudine pius quarn dimi- 

 dio angufiior, pofiice dilataus, angulis vali- 

 dis prominulis; obfcure aeneus, puudnslatus , 

 A 4' pi* 



