Mr. Leacn’s Essay on the Genus Meloe. AT 
Habitat in Angliä, Gallià, Germaniá, vulgatissimus, plantis 
victicans. | 
DESCR. CAPUT punctatum, lateribus violescentibus. Antenne 
violescentes, apice pice. " 
Tnorax punctatus lateribus violescentibus posticé marginatus. 
Pectus et Epigastrium violescentia. ! 
ErvrRA rugosa, nigra, minime nitida. 
ARDOMEN magulå rugosa in singulo segmento supra ; subtus ru- 
gosum marginibus Wo TO UN exceptis. 
Pepes violacei. 
B Capite thoraceque violescentibus. 
There can be no doubt that this is the M. proscarabeus of 
Linnzus, as it agrees exactly with the description i in the Fauna 
Suecica. In the specific character he describes it, “ corpore 
violaceo," but in his description he observes, = tum animal 
molle est et atrum ; ; pedes, antenne et abdomen pa | 
| violacea." - The former character applies to M. vio laceus, and the 
latter to M. proscarabeus, which he most probably considered as 
the same species. Latreille is also of this opinion; but erroneously 
considers M. punctatus in the same light. 
8. MELÖE TECTUS. 
M. niger, capite thoraceque punctatis, elytris subrugosis elon- 
— gatis, antennis medio crassioribus. 
‘Tas. VH. Fig. 8. 9. 
M. tecta, atra, elytris abdomine haud brevioribus, antennis me- . 
. dio crassissimis. Panz. Faun. Germ. 10. 14. 
Long. Corp. Maris, 94 lin. 
Foem. 10 lin. 
Habitat in Anglià et Germaniä infrequens. 
DESCR. 
