198 MODFKN SYSTF.M. 



Sxinrs i.—Anlemiceoi' equal thickness, tapering towards their points, 

 or subclavate, longer than the thorax, composed of globular or ob- 

 conic joints : c/j/tni covering only a part of the abdomen ; short, oval, 

 divergino- at the suture : zvings none : tmsi with all their joints entire. 



Genus 192. MELOE of authors. 



Abdomen ver}- large, generally soft : antenna various, 



Ous. — Dr. Leach has written an excellent monograph on this genus, 

 which will be found in the eleventh volume of the Transactions of 

 the Linmnn Societi/, and is illustrated by highly finished figures of 

 the species by that celebrated artist and excellent naturalist Mr. 

 Sowerb;y'. An enumeration of the species and habitats will be found 

 in the calendar. 



Srinps 2. — Antenna composed of cylindric or obconic joints, longer 

 than the thorax. 



Genus 193. CANTIIARIS. Geofroy,T>e Gecr,OHv.,Lam.,Latr.j 

 Leach. Meloe. L'um. Lytta. Fahr., Alursh. 



Elytra soft, elongate, linear, with the sides somewhat inflexed, the 

 hack convex, rounded : maxillce with two membranaceous lacinije, 

 the external one acute within, subuncinate : antenna: with the first 

 joint larger than the others ; the second very short, transverse ; the 

 rest obconic, the last ovoid. 



Sp. 1. Canth. rcsicaloria, (Spanish fly.) (PI. 4. fig. 3.) 



Meliie vesicatorius. JAnn. Cantharis vesicatoria. De Geer, Geoff., 

 0/iv., Latr. Lytta vesicatoria. Marsh., Fahr. 



Inhabits Europe : is found on the ash, but is rare in England : it is 

 the common blister-fly of the shops. 



Fam. XXXIV. CEDEMiRADiE. Leach. 



QilDEMERiTES. Lat)-cil/c. 



Antenmr filiform or setaceous: rostntm not very flat, and dilated at its 

 extremity : head produced into a kind of rostrum. 



Genus 194. (EDEMERA. Latr., Oliv., Leach. Necydalis. Linn., 

 Fabr. Cantharis. Marsh. 

 Antenna inserted at the anterior internal margin of the eyes : rostrum 

 not elongate : eyes prominent : ch/tra tubulate : palpi with the last 

 joint broader than the penultimate joint. 

 Sp. 1. CEdem. carnlca. 

 Necydalis ccerulea. Linn., Fabr. CEdemera ccerulea. Latr., Oliv., 



Leach. 

 Inhabits Europe on the flowers of umbelliferous plants. 



Genus 195. MYCTERLS. Clairv., Oliv., Leach. Riiinomacer. 

 Fabr., Latr. Mylabris. Schaffcr. 

 Antenna inserted before the eyes on the rostrum : rostrum elongate, 



