Y ■ 



r 



: IW 



■ Meloc'acti macrocanthi Pr. Sdlm - Jiych du6 indd-^ 

 Mia specimiiia j «x iasnla St. Tlibmae aUata servaittifis, qiiornin 

 major, cnm cepHalio 16 ^/a Centira. alius, formam oraiam, 

 panllo obliquam liabet, superins coarctatam; baseos diameter 

 n Centim* ColoKprpfnnde yiridis.-,;C()s;tae 14: (in utroqne 

 spfiqimijie) pefrpendiciilaresj inffirms4\;feCenLtim,distauitesj, ob-, 



ri ^ 



tttSae, ad basin trunci IiorizontaHte:?:JiVsalcinn 1 Centim. pro- 

 fo^domrdocurrentes. , 10— 11 fiibeycnlj^-.jIrL qniaTis qosta,, im,- 

 p]^essiqnibii9 J[ater^iy)u& l;eTibus s^gara^,,: Spiuae omnes f iiscae, 

 diapkanae; centrales erectae 3-^4, majores, 4 — 6 Centim, 

 longae, supreme maximd; ,radia<ntium.3.inferiores majorea, la- 

 tcrales 10, Jhorizontales tonnes, r—.i- Cepjialium 1 Cejitim* al- 

 tii?ft, 6 in diamdtro,, -oMiqxiunt,r ad latu^.truncibrpyins iiiclina-: 

 tnittj gxiseo-tp.Jftfi^tQsum, fascipnjiis spiaaf um teiipiiiia circular- 

 riter impositis-/ ,;^ :. , ^ , ,: 



r Aliam ex eadiein- terra Cacti speciein iiccepiiauBfl . qM^m jsyp- 

 cqI dubio M. m^Qrocantlium habuisseinj nisi cepbalii defectaa 

 iflrijapediverit ©t forte BchinocaGtum eum declaravit* Tflt autent 

 siguis. cum; W% mac?rpqaiitbp couTenit, utejusTarietajibas; ^uuv 

 adscjpjbere niaUemj idqnp^ eo magis, cum cephalii defectu?^ I^PPr 

 stftus: gene4s> 'Echinpcacti: characjDr non. s^t ftabe^dus, .^cdL' 

 lxi& in flote^^pluinmpdo qufierendus, sit; , Npster twtejDi f oananK 

 magis rotundatam. IiabetjV vertice miJm8.ang«atat(vj altit,vl4:Cen- 

 tim.j diam. baseos 16, Color palltde viridis. Cogtae 14, ejus- 



denioiouiuo acinM.macrocantho formae; sulci in medio trunco 



-.■■'...■, -■ ■ • . ■ 



profundissimi J 8 tubercula in quEUYis costa, qiiorum^tfp sujire- 

 Wa in yertice applanato , sibi valde approximata^ disposUa 

 sunt. Spinae majores 4, magia pallidae, apicefusco-rubrae; 

 radiSaties plerum^ue 14, tribus iriferiepribus majoribuS, ian ita 

 decumbentibiis 5 suprenia impari ereci^inscula ; caeterae later&Ies 

 miudreg, co^tasadjaceutes non p^rtiugentes. In tertic'e^ SpiAae 

 erectae'sunt, basi tomento ■ciucfae, fuberculia' in circuIis-Spira.-' 

 ^bfts di^positis.' -^ Kisi ih^iita Cum-M. irtacrocaWtli&'e'^ideiia. 



