198 MODERN SYSTEM. 



Stirps 1. — AnlemcEof equal thickness, tapering towards their points, 

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

 conic joints : elt/tra covering only a part of the abdomen ; short, oval, 

 diverging at the suture : wings none : tarsi with all their joints entire. 



Genus 192. MELOE of authors. 

 Abdomen very large, generally soft : antenne various. 



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

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

 the Linnean Society, and is illustrated by highly finished figures of 

 the species by that celebrated artist and excellent naturalist IVIr. 

 Sowerby. An enumeration of the species and habitats will be found 

 in the calendar. 



Stirps 2. — Antenncc composed of cylindric or obconic joints, longer 

 than the thorax. 



Genus 193. CANTIIARIS. Geoffrey, Be Geer, OUv.,Lam., Latr., 

 Leach. Meloe. Linn. Lytta. Fahr., Marsh. 



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

 back convex, rounded : maxilla with two membranaceous lacinige, 

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

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

 rest obconic, the last ovoid. 



Sp. 1. Canth. vcsicatoria, (Spanish fly.) {PI. 4.Jlg. 5.) 



INIelbe vesicatorius. Linn. Cantharis vesicatoria. De Geer, Geoff., 

 Oliv., 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^. CEdemirad^. Leach. 

 CEdemerites. Latrcille. 



Antenna filiform or setaceous : rostrum not very flat, and dilated at its 

 extremity : head produced into a kind of rostrum. 



Genus 194. OiDEMERA. Latr., Oliv., Leach. Necydalis. Linn., 

 Fahr. Cantharis. Marsh. 

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

 not elongate : eyes prominent : elytra tubulate : palpi with the last 

 joint broader than the penultimate joint. 

 Sp. 1. (Edem. ccmdca. 

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



Leach. 

 Inhabits Europe on the flowers of umbelliferous plants. 



Genus 195. MYCTERUS. Clairv., Oliv., Leach. Rhinomacer. 

 Fahr., Latr. Myladris. Schaffer. 

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



