196 ' A CATALOGUE OF INDIAN ^c 



readily distinguished, by the three transverse, undulated black bands, on 



it's yellow Elytra^, which constitute its specific chara6ler. 



The Meloe Cichorei, when applied to the skin, produces effects precisely 

 similar to those caused by the Spanish blistering fly, for which this inse6l 

 will be found a perfectly adequate substitute ^ either as an external stimu-* 

 lant, a rubefacient, or for raising a complete blister, according to the mode 

 in which it is applied. 



The flies should be gathered in the morning or evening, and immedi^^ 

 ately killed by exposing them to the steam of boiling vinegar. They 

 should then be thoroughly dried by tlie heat of the sun^ and afterwards 

 put into bottles to preserve them from humidity. 



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