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Riparius. 
INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 42. Elater. 
BralTy-black : fliells ftriatc : legs rufous. 
Inhabits Lapland, on the banks of rivers and lakes. 
Ad'vsna. 
Black; flriate fhells and legs dull cinereous. 
Inhabits Spain ; fmall. Shells pointed : abdomen black. 
Nitidulus. 
leg* 
Shells ftriate, with 2 yellow fpots: antennas and 
yellow. _ ' .jjjj. 
Inhabits Cayenne ; about a third part as large as El. pulcheu 
Head and thorax fubpubefent black immaculate : fiells blac' 
z yellow fpots, that at the bafe larger. 
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* Pulchellus Head and thorax black; fhells blackifli with yellow 
legs yellow. 
Inhabits Europe, in gardens. Olinj.Ins. 31. tab. fig- 
1-guttatus, Black ; fliells ftriate with a rufous fpot in the middle- 
Inhabits the South of France. Olim. Ins. 31. tab. 6. fig- ' 
Size of E. pulchcllus : Jhells with a rufous fpot in the m' 
the margin. 
z-maculatus Black ; (hells tcftaccous, the tip black with a white ^ ^ 
Inhabits the South of France. Oli<v, Ins. 3 1 , tab. 5. fig- 
Shells with a tranfverfe black marginal fpot, the tip widelj 
with a large diftinft white dot. 
1-maculatus Black ; (hells ftriatc, teftaccous with 3 black fpots 
Inhabits Saxony, fizeof Elater pulchellus. 
Shells with a large common black fpot at the bafe, and * 
in the middle at the Oitter margin which nearly toucti 
third: body hletok: yellowUh. 
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^-maculatus Above black ; border of the thorax and 2 fpots on tno 
teftaccous. 
Inhabits fize of Elater pulchellus. 
black: teftaccous : fmooth, dull r 
the middle and bordered with teftaceous : body dufk) • 
tail and legs teftaceous. 
Politus. 
Black, polKhed: fliells ftriate : fore-legs pale. 
Inhabits the higher mountains of Dahlikarbia ; very fiu^' 
L-guctatus. Smooth, black : (hells with 3 white dots. 
Inhabits the Ca/r. Thunb. Nov. Spec. fig. 75. 
Body very minute, black poliilied. 
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