( 9 ° ) 
fembic the perfcâ: înfeâiS) they 
beat the famé colour, are large, 
clumfy, flow în motion, having 
only the head cruftaceous, the tho- 
rax and body being foft. They 
are generally found buried deep in 
the earth, where they perform their 
metamorphofis. 
I hâve introduccd the meloe ve- 
ficatorius, though a foreign one, 
and commonly known by the name 
Cantharis, or Spanifli-Fly, to fliew 
the diftindtive charader and quali- 
ties, which evidently feparate it 
from a preccding genus, bcaring 
the name Cantharis.. 
aux infedles parfaits; elles portent 
les mêmes livrées, font groffes, 
lourdes, lentes dans leur mouve- 
mens, n’ayant que la tête écailleufe, 
le corcelet & le corps étant mous. 
On les trouve ordinairement en- 
foncées en terre, ou elles acconi'» 
pliffent leurs métamorphofes. 
J’ai donné place à la méloé véfi- 
eatoire, quoiqu’étrangère, connue 
fous le nom de Mouche Cantharide, 
•pour faire voir le caraélère diftindif 
et les qualités qui la féparent évi- 
demment d’un genre précédent qui 
porte le nom de Cantharide.. 
GENUS 28. MORDELLA. Tab. VIL 
C H A R A C T E R G E N E R I S . 
Antennæ filiformes ferratæ; caput inflexum fub collo interrito. Palpi 
compreffo-clavati, obliqui, truncati. Elytra deorfum curva apicem 
verfus. Ante femora lamina lata ad bafin abdorainis. Linn. fyfi:. nat... 
p. 682. 
28th GENUS. The NI BELE R. PL VIL 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS. 
The antennæ are fiîiform and ferrated. The head is aefieéled, and 
bent under the neck; the pal.pî are compreflèd, clubbcd, and obliquely 
truncated. The elytra are curve, or inclined downward towards their 
point. A broad lamina is feated at the bafe of the abdomen before the 
thighs. 
