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III. An Essay on the British Species of the Genus Melóe, with 
Descriptions of two exotic Species. By Wm. Elford Leach, Esq. 
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Read June 19, 1810. 
I was induced to examine the Genus Melóe from having in my 
cabinet all the British species hitherto discovered, and from ob- 
serving the confusion which reigned throughout this Genus, one 
species having been confounded with another, or described twice 
under different names: to point out these errors is the intention of 
the following essay, which I now take the liberty of laying before: 
the Society. 
| MELOE. — = 
Character Artificialis. 4 
Antenne submoniliformes, undecim-articulate, articulo secundo 
minore. 
Palpi quatuor inequales, subclavati. 
Elytraapice rotundata, abdomine longè breviora, suturà excurvatä, 
Ale nulle. 
Pedes elongati, compressi. 
Tarsi anteriores et medii quinque-articulati ; 
~ posteriores quadri-articulati. 
Character Naturalis. 
CORPUS oblongum, glabrum, immarginatum. 
Carut latum, subhemisphericum, inflexum, gibbum. ` 
Mandibule recte, sepiüs bifide. 
Labium corneum, emarginatum, punctulatum. 
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