Meloe. COLEOPTERA. $ 9 



was obliged to feparatefrom the others, in order 

 to place it in his fecond fection, or Coleopte- 

 rous infects with elytra (hqrter than the abdo- 

 men. 



All the Linnaean Meloes have five articula- 

 tions in the tarfi of the two firft, and four in 

 thofe of the laft pair of feet. 



The larvae of the Meloes feed chiefly on the 

 leaves of plants, on which the compleat infects 

 are likewife to be met with* 



The infect called the Spanifh Fly, or Blifler- 

 Beetle, belongs to this genus, though placed by 

 Geoffroy among his Canthaiides. 



Genus 



