INSECTA. 499 
Sp. Pimelia bipunctata Fasr., Dumérit Cons. gén. s. l. Ins. Pl. 14, fig. 2, 
Cuv. R. Ani. éd. ill., Ins. Pl. 46, fig. 1, &e.; Tenebrio muricatus L., a 
congeneric species, is often confounded with the preceding. See ScHorn- 
HERR Synon. Ins. 1. p. 132. 
Note.—There is an affinity between this family and the carabici : 
some genera agree in habitus; thus genus Damaster KoLuar 
amongst the Carabict almost presents the form of the Llaptides, 
but Manticora resembles Pimelia coronata. The anatomy also 
proves this affinity, as BLANcHaRD has lately shewn by the investi- 
gation of the nervous system. Ann. des Sc. Nat. 3itme Série v. 
Zoologie, p. 350. The larve, however, are altogether different. 
tt Trachelia. 
Head cordate, abruptly narrowed posteriorly and separated 
from thorax by a stricture or neck. 
Family LV. Cantharidia (Trachelides Latr., Cantharidit, 
except Cistelides, BLANCH.). 
Phalanx I. Meloéida (Cantharidie Latr.). Antenne monili- 
form. Head nutant. Maxillary palps filiform, with last joint 
searcely thicker, oval or obovate; labial palps with last joint 
broader, truncated. Elytra soft. Joints of tarsi mostly entire. 
Claws of tarsi bifid. (Genus Meloé L.) 
t+ Wings none; elytra (at least in females, mostly also in males) 
abbreviate. 
Meloé Fasr. Antenne with eleven joints, filiform, sometimes 
thicker in the middle, in few subincrassated at the apex. 
Sp. Meloé proscarabeus L., Guorrroy Hist. des Ins. des env. de Paris, 1. 
Tab. vil. fig. Iv., BRanpt u. Rarzesure Med. Zool. 11. Tab. xvi. figs. 
4, 5 (Meloé tecta Hetuw., Panzer Deutschl. Ins. Heft 10, Tab. 14, male, 
Meloé punctulata Panzer, ibid. Tab. 16, male); black, commonly glancing 
into steel-coloured violet, with deeply impressed points on the head and 
thorax ; this species differs much in size—Comp. on this genus Lzacu 
British species of the genus Meloé, Trans. of the Linn. Soc. Vol. xt. 1815, 
pp. 35—48, Tab. v. vi., and his Further Observat. with the descr. of 
six exotic species, ibid. pp. 242—251, Tab. xvit.; J. F. Branpr et W. 
F. Ertcuson Monographia gener. Mel., Nov. Act. Acad. Ces. Leop. Car. 
xvi. P. I. pp. ro1—142, Tab. vui.—NeEwrort Wat. Hist. Anat. and 
Developm. of the Oil-beetle, Trans. Linn. Soc. Vol. XX. p. 297, Vol. Xx1. P. 2, 
p. 167. 
‘tt Body winged. Llytra not shorter than abdomen. 
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