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GENUS XXVII. MELOE. Tab. 39. 
Linn . Syst. Mat. page 679. 
Their antennæ, as in the preceding genus, are moniliform ; but 
the last joint is of a more oblong figure than the others. 
The thorax is something round. 
Elytra flexible. 
Head inflected, and gibbous. 
The Meloes are divided into two sections ; those with the elytra 
shorter than the abdomen, and wanting wings : the others, whose 
elytra are as long as the body, and furnished with wings. 
They have five articulations in the tarsi of the two first, and four 
in those of the last pair of feet. 
The larvæ and insect of this genus are found on the leaves of plants. 
The insect denominated the Spanish fly, or blister-beetle, is of 
this genus. 
GENUS XXVIII. MORDELLA. Tab. 7. 
Linn. Syst. Mat . page 682. 
The antennæ of the Mordellæ are filiform, and serrated. 
The head is deflected, or bent under the neck. 
The elytra curve or incline towards their extremity. 
The palpi are compressed, clavated, and obliquely truncated. 
A broad lamina is fixed at the base of the abdomen, before the 
thighs. 
The tarsi of the first pair of feet consist of four, and those of the 
last pair, of five joints. 
This insect is common on flowers : their larvæ unknown. 
