42 Mr. Leacn’s Essay on the Genus Meloe. — 
M. brevicollis, nigro-violacea antennis extrorsum crassioribus, tho- 
race brevissimo. Paykul. Fn. Suec. 3. 362. 2. 
M. brevicollis, nigra, thorace transverso, postic® retuso, elytris 
subrugosis. |... Fabr. Syst. Eleut. 2. 588. 7. 
Long. Corp. Foem. 83 lin. 
Maris, 7 lin. : 
Habitat in Anglià; Mus. nost. In Germania, Panzer et Fabr. 
Mus. Dom. Clark. In Hungariá; Mus. Dom. Francillon. In 
Sueciä, Paykul; Mus. Dom. Kirby. 
DESCR. CarvT glabrum, nitidum, punctis impressis lineáque 
. notatum. Antenne subclavatz, pilosz, atre. as 
Tuorax brevis, niger, transversus, nitidus, punctis lineäque 
longitudinali impressus, postice vald& emarginatus. 
Eryrra subrugosa, nitida, apice rotundata. 
ABDOMEN atrum, glabrum, macula subrugosä nitidä in singal 
segmento, subtus nitidum, punctulatum. 
Pepes atri, nitidi. 
Obs. Var. B Mas, capite thorace elytris tibiis femoribusque vio- 
lescentibus. - 
This species appears to be a pretty general "eom of the 
Continent, if we may judge from the different authors who have 
noticed it. Mr. Kirby has received it from Major Gyllenhall, 
and Mr. Francillon from Hungary. Two specimens only, how- 
ever, have hitherto been taken in England; one in a sandy 
meadow, about six miles below Tavistock, on the banks of the 
river Tavy, in Devonshire, four years ago, by myself; the other, 
last Spring, near Shaugh Bridge in the same county, in a similar 
situation. 
LIP PR 
