NATURAL HISTORY. 
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Genus XXVII. 
M E L O E. 
Chamber. 
T 
X he horns refemble necklaces; the bread: 
is rather round ; and the elytra are foft and 
pliant. 
MELOE VESICATORias, or CANTIIA- 
RIDES. 
The SPANISH FLY. 
HERE are feveral fpecics of this infect, 
differing in fize, figure, and colour. But 
all are apparelled, by nature, with great 
ludre. Green, azure, and gold colours 
blend their hues to embellifh them. They 
are moflly natives of the fouthern parts of 
Europe. The fpecies ufed medicinally is 
nine or ten lines in length, of a fhining green 
colour mixed with azure, and very prolific. 
Ihefe infects are fometime^ obferved to fly 
in fwarms. A difagreeable fmell, like that 
of mice, indicates their approach. By this 
fcent they are found by the gatherers, who 
Collett tliem for the apothecaries. When 
b 2 dried. 
