T.iE SKIPPER* 
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Genus XXI .—Elaler. The Skipper. 
The infefts of this genus are diftinguifhed by fetaceou3 
antenme, but more particularly by an elaftic fpine which 
fprings from the under fide of the thorax, near the ex- 
tremity. By means of this fpring, thefe animals, when 
turned upon the back, are capable of jumping into the 
sir, and recovering their pofition. 
In the ftate of larvae, the infects of this genus inhabit 
the trunks of decayed trees, and are there metamorphof- 
ed into the winged form. Their relidence is then chang- 
ed, and they are feen in various haunts, flowers, thickets, 
of open fields. 
The chefnut-coloured elater f. This infeft is found 
both in the corn and pafture fields. The antennae are 
branchy, and the tips of the elytra black ; the reft of a 
pale flefh- colour ; the thorax is covered with a fine afft- 
coloured down t- 
t Lifter Loqu. p. 387. f Regne Animate, p. 64, 
