Elateridæ (SPRING-BEETLES)

Coleoptera with five-jointed tarsus, elongated body, a free articulation between the prothorax and the mesothorax, and a projection on the former Asia. Altitude 18,526 feet. Also a range of n. Persia, s. and s. e. of the Caspian. Length ab. 450 miles; greatest height 21,000 feet.