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B. Antenna simple : joints conic. 
Sp. 3. Elat, murinus. Black-fuscous, clouded with cinereous down : tho- 
rax bitubereulate : antenna and tarsi red. 
F.later murinus. Linn., Fair., Marsh., Leach. 
Inhabits Europe. Is common on thistles, willows, and under stones 
in sandy situations. 
II. Body linear, nearly four times longer than broad; thorax oblong- 
quadrate. 
Sp. 4. Elat, marginal us. Black : front retuse : antennas, sides of the 
thorax, feet, anus, and hinder margins of the abdominal segments, 
brownish-yellow; suture and outer margin of the elytra black. 
Elate r inarginatus. Linn., Fabr., Oliv., Marsh., Leach. 
Inhabits various herbaceous plants in fields. 
Plate 3. represents fig. 7, Elater teneus, Linn., E. cyaneus, Marsh. — 
fig. 6. E. serniruber, Hojfimnnsegg's MSS. a species very common in 
the New Forest, Hampshire; and has, together with many other 
species, been confounded under the general name sanguineus. 
Fain. VII. Telepiioilid*. Leach. 
Turn with the last joint but one bifid : antenna filiform, composed of 
ten joints: elytra soft, flexible: thorax nearly quadrate or semicir- 
cular. 
Genus 71. DASCILLUS. Latr. Atopa. Paykull, Fair., Leach. 
CuRYSOMF.r.A. Linn. Crioceris. Marsh. Cistela. Olivier- 
Maxillary palpi filiform, the last joint somewhat cylindric: labial palpi 
not bifurcate: body ovate: feet simple. 
Sp. 1. Das. cervina. Black, with cinereous down: antennte, feet and 
elytra, pale yellow. 
Chrysomela cervina. Linn. Atopa cervina. Payk., Fabr., Leach. Das- 
cillus cerviuus. Lair. 
Inhabits hedges and woods. 
Genus 72. E LODES. Lair. Cypiion. Fabr., Payk., Gyll., Leach- 
Maxillary palpi filiform, the last joint somewhat cylindric : labial paly 
bifurcate : body sub-ovate or round-ovate : feet with their tibiae sim- 
ple, and their thighs not thickened. 
Sp. 1. El. pallida. Sub-ovate, pale-red, punctulated, pubescent: eyes, 
antennae (with the exception of their base), apex of the elytra, and 
abdomen, blackish : thorax somewhat semicircular, transverse, 1°' 
bate behind. 
..Elodes pallida. Latr. Cyphon pallidas. Fabr., Leach, 
Inhabits the white-thorn and umbelliferous plants. 
