The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 140
e typical Linnaean genus Elater, which receives its name either from the Greek clater, a thing which beats like a pulse ; or the Latin elatiis, lifted up; both of which titles are applicable to the group in question.)Genus, Cataphagus Stephens (derived from the Greek word hataphago, to devour).… … Perfect insect, fuscous, with a griseous pubescence. Headand thorax blackish; the latter with the lateral margins nearlystraight, and the posterior angles very acute; the disc veryconvex and thickly punctate ; scutellum fuscous ; elytra broad,a little attenuated, rounded at the apex, very convex,…
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