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Clas. I. ExrzvTrERATa. Meloe. 
590. M. PROSCARABA EU Ss. 
Long. 7, 10. l Lat. 3, 4. - . l. 
Corpore violaceo . 7. fp. 327. 1. Linn. Syst. Nat. 679. 1. 
Fn. Sv. 826. 
JMMeloe Geof. Ins. 1. 377. 1. Le Proscarabé . | 
Cantharis  Proscarabaeus aptera , violaceo-nigra . De Geer 
Jus BS amont. us dors 
Scop. Ent. Carn. 184. Schrank. E. I. 424. 
Schaef. Icon. 1-—3. f£...5.- Elem. t. 83. 
Intermedius antennarum, articulus maris dimidiatus . 
Tacta oleum limpidissimum flavicans e geniculis pedum emit- 
tit . 
AM. Majalis numquam inventa . 
M. Vralensis. Pall. Iter. 2. 722. 56. triplo minor, vix spe- 
cie differt. Elytra in hac corpore longiora, magis laevia , 
& punctis rarioribus aspersa . 
Habitat in locis apricis . 
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591; My JT vc 6 uow. 
Long- 9 ,.10.. Lat. 4, 5. L 
Aptera, nigra, capite , thorace lobato, elytrisque cribri in- 
star impressis . 
Tota nigra, obscura, violaceo colore minime nitens , corpo- 
re subtus molli piloso. Antennae nigrae, breves, rectae 
articulis omnibus ( secundo excepto ) aequalibus , rotun- 
dis, & magis approximatis quam in 77. Proscarabaeo . Ely- 
tra coriacea variolosa, pone dehiscentia, abbreviata, & 
abdomen cingentia, hoc est, non elevata uti in Prosca- 
rabaeo . Caput magnum punctatum . Thorax foveolis ma- 
joribus, rotundis, late disiunctis irregulariter excavatus , 
& cute crassa duriore tectus uti in Proscarabaeo ; sed haec 
omnia majora , & magis distincta. Sulcus longitudinalis 
profunde exaratus, spatiaque interiecta inter caput, & tho- 
