l03 MELTTTA. (**. c.) 



insect I found a Pedicuhs, nearly related to the 

 P. j4pis of Fabricius, but I think distinct, which I 

 shall describe in the margin (.v). Tht P. yipis \s 

 not uncommon upon the insects of this genus, I 

 have found fourteen or fifteen upon the same in- 

 dividual ; I have likewise frequently met with it 

 upon genuine a'lpes. From Reaumur and De Geer 

 we learn, that it also infests some individuals of the 

 genus Miisca (t) ; for it appears evident, that the 

 hexapod, of which the latter author gives a long 

 account as the larva ofMeloe Proscar abceus, strange 

 as it may seem, is no other than this insect. His 

 description and figure tally with it exactly, not 

 varying from the specimens I have examined in the 

 slightest degree. This illustrious author, upon 

 whose accuracy the greatest reliance may generally 

 be placed, assures us, that from a mass of the eggs 

 of this Meloe these larvae proceeded ; that he com- 

 pared them with some he discovered upon Musca 



(j) Mcllttcc, P. linearis, nigcr; ore, tibiisqiie testaceis. 

 Long. Corp. Lin. |-. 

 Hal. in Meliltis semel lectus. 

 Major P. Apum et distinctus. Corpus angustum, 

 lineare, nigrum. Atitennce biarticulatae seta termi- 

 nnli. Thorax trium segmentorum. Tilice Tarsi- 

 f/ue pallida testacei 5 hi fere lanceiformcs, exarti^ 

 culati, utrinque seta armati. Anus setis quatuor 

 iustructus exterioribus brevibus. Vid. Tab. 14. 

 n. 11. fig. 10, 11, 12. 

 (t) Reaura. torn. 4. Mem. 1 1. p. 4Q0. tab. 31. fig. 17. 

 De Geer. torn. 5. p. 8—12. tab. 1. fig. 5—8. 



intricaria. 



