246 Dr. LrAcu's further Observations on the cipi Mele. 
D AS 
„./Melöe punctatus. P. 44. 
SMelöe cc Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 518. 4 
Syst. Eleut. ii. 588. * = 
Melöe itea. Rossi Fn. Etrus. tom. i. p. 238. n. 591. tab. A. cd 5? 
Meyer Tent. Monog. Gen. Mel. p. 30? 
Habitat in Lusitania, Dom. Biches. —In Malta, Mus. Dom. Mac- - . 
Leay.—In Italia, Rossi ? 
Mus. Britannico, Dom. Milne, MacLeay, Leach. 
Tan. XVIII. Fig. 1. 
DESCR. Carur nigrum punctis distinctis profundis impressis. Antenne nigra, basi præ- 
sertim, pilis brevissimis atris obtect&. : Se dS 
bs THORAX niger, punctis sep? confluentibus profunde i impressus, posticé em i tus V 
fy px ias ra et medio sub-marginatus, disco glabro impunctato longitudinaliter impressd, e : 7 
A JV Exyrra nigra, nitida, varioloso-punctata, apice abrupte rotundata, margine interr 
a, ‘sub-crenulato, 
> | ABDOMEN nigro-atrum, obscurum, molle. Dorsi articulorum ultimo, et vM 
cum ventre nigris, nitidis, punctatis. 
PEDES nigri, pilis brevissimis conferte obtecti. 
The original specimen from which Fabricius described the 
insect. is still preserved in the British Museum. In page 44 of 
this volume I have most erroneously referred to Panzer fora figure 
of this insect ; but I am now convinced of my mistake, and take 
this opportunity of apologizing to Panzer for Supposing that he 
‚could have intended his figure for this species. At the time that 
paper was written I had no doubt on the subject, as his figure 
__. Came nearer this insect than any other I was then acquainted 
a D: ‚with: all the references to Panzer, therefore, must. bé e; 
“4nd likewise its habitat * in Germania,” bo d. 4 EN 
I have little doubt that Rossi’s Melöe Tuccia is ntf ide or 
this insect, and I find Fabricius entertained a similar. opinion : : 
if this idea be correct, the references to Rossi’s work, and to that 
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