66

PLATE XCVI.

F I G. IV.

ELATER SPUTATOR.

COEEOPTERA.

GEtfERIC CHAR AGT ER.

Antennæ taper, lodged in a groove under the Head and Thorax .Under side of the Thorax terminates in a point lodged in a cavity ofthe Abdomen. Spring to a Considerable height when laid on theirbacks. *

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Thorax black. Shells brown. Body black.

Linn. SyJi.Nat. ed. 12. 182. 15.Faun. Suec. 583.

We have several species of this genus that so nearly resemble eachother, as scarcely to be distinguished on the most accurate investigationfrom die E. Sputator. They are found in great abundance infutnn?Gt.

PLAT#