248 Dr. Leacn’s further Observations on the Genus Melve. 
Melöe punctata. Meyer Tent. Monog. Gen. Melöes, 28. sp. 9. 
Habitat in collibus circa Upham inque Uralensium et Altäicarum 
Alpium apricis, teste Pallas. | 
Mus. Soc. Linn. 
Tas. XVIII. Fig. 2. 
DESCR. Capur punctis minutis adspersum, fronte lined longitudinali sub-impressá. 
Antenne et palpi obscur& sub-ferrugineo-picei. 
THoRAX transversus punctis minutis adspersus, anticé sub-undulatus, posticé late 
emarginatus, et marginatus, lateribus utrinque faveolá excavatá, medio longitu- - 
dinaliter impressus. : 
PEDES nigri, pilis brevissimis atris obtecti. Tarsi sub-picei. Ungues ferruginei, 
B Pedibus rufescentibus. 
Pallas, to whom we are indebted for the discovery of this spe- 
cies, has given a most excellent figure in the work above quoted. 
Fabricius quotes this as his M. punctata ; and Meyer, from this 
false reference, confounds M. punctata of Fabricius and this to- 
gether. But as he has copied the description given by Pallas, 
this must be considered as his punctata, with which he has like- 
wise placed M. Viennensis of Schrank, (Beyträg. ii. Naturg. p. 71. 
20,) which has the following specific character, * M. apterus levis, 
ater, unicolor ;" but from the figure I. should conclude it to be 
distinct. - | 
6. MELOE EXCAVATUS. 
M. niger, lateribus pallidis, capite triangulato levi punctato, 
thorace utrinque excavato, elytris excavato-punctatis. 
Habitat ? 
Mus. Dom. Francillon. 
Tas. XVIII. Fig. 3. 
DESCR. Carvr triangulatum, punctatum, anticé compressum, lateribus posticé productis. 
Antenne minimé hirte. 
THoRAX utrinque anticé angulatim-productus, foveáque utrinque excavatus, posticé 
marginatus, sub-emarginatus, 
ELyTra nitida, nigra, punctis obscuris, nigris, excavatis, 
ABDOMEN 
