38 Mr. Lzacms Essay on the Genus Melod. 
ABDOMEN, Maris,totum sublente scabrosum. aoii dorsalibus 
antice aurato-viridibus, posticè rubro-cupreis vio- 
lescentibus; subtus aureo purpureoque variegatum. 
Fæmine, nigrum glabrum, maculá scabrosá, anticè 
aurato-viridi, posticè rufo-violescente; subtus aureo 
purpureo viridique variegatum. 
Prpes nigri, obscurè violescentes, femoribus purpureo-violes- 
centibus nitidis. 
This insect, which is certainly the most beautiful of the genus, 
has been confounded by all the Continental writers who have ` 
noticed. it, with M. Maialis of Linnæus, with which they seem, 
from their silence, to be unacquainted*. It was first taken in 
en * MxLóR MAJALIS. - BT. “a ae 
M. ater, marginibus segmentorum dorsalium fulvis, antennis apice emarginatis, - 
Tas. VI. Fig. 3. 4. 
M. Maialis, apterus, segmentis dorsalibus abdominis rubris, Lim. Syst. Nat. 2. 679. 2. 
Syst. Nat. Gmel. 2017. 2. 
M. maialis. | Fabr. Syst. Ent. 259. 2. Sp. Ins. 1. 327. 2. . Mant. Ins, 1. 215. 2. 
Ent. Syst. emend. 1. b. 518.2. Syst. Eleut. 2. 588,3, — 
hong: en Maris l unc. et 31 lin. 
^. ^7 Foem. | unc. et 71 lin. 
Habitat in Europa Australi, Lusitanià. 
Mus. Britannico; Dom. Bracy Clark, Kirby, Leash: Smith, Marshant, Milne, ne 
DESCR. Totum animal atrum, nisi margines segmentorum dorsalium.: Caput glabrum 
_linea longitudinali impressum, sub lente punctis minutis impressis adspersum. Antenne 
subpilosæ, apice bifurcatæ. Thorax transversus, punctis minutis impressis adspersus, 
sæpiùs linea. longitudinali obsoleté i impressi, posticé marginatus emarginatusque. Elytra 
coriacea glabra, oculo armato sub-rugosa. Abdomen glabrum, marginibus segmen- 
torum dorsalium fulvis, vel rubro-flavis. . Pars singuli segmenti dorsalis sub lente 
minimé rugosa. : 
Obs. Insecto vivente, abdominis latera fulvescunt. Dom. Sieber. 
This is undoubtedly M. Maialis of Linneus, as there are specimens in hiseabinet now 
in the possession of Dr, Smith; added to which, it agrees with his description, whilst 
M. variegatus does not. Fabricius and after him Gmelin erroneously refer to Scheffer’s 
figure of M. variegatus; but as they use the words of Linnzus in their speeifie character, 
it must be considered as their M. Maialis also, 
Englaud 
