American journal of pharmacy . thought that a short description ofthe generic character of the meloe would not here be out ofplace, as much to show how inapplicable would this lattername be to the common Spanish fly and to the specieswhicli it is our intention to describe, as to notice anothergenus of insects possessing a vesicating power not inferiorto that of the cantharis, and worthy also to be introducedinto our materia raedica. Physical characters of the genus Meloe. Fig. 1.—Meloe Purpureus. Tarsi* entire ; nails bifid ; head large ; thorax\smaller than the head, almost cubical ; elytra f
American journal of pharmacy . thought that a short description ofthe generic character of the meloe would not here be out ofplace, as much to show how inapplicable would this lattername be to the common Spanish fly and to the specieswhicli it is our intention to describe, as to notice anothergenus of insects possessing a vesicating power not inferiorto that of the cantharis, and worthy also to be introducedinto our materia raedica. Physical characters of the genus Meloe. Fig. 1.—Meloe Purpureus. Tarsi* entire ; nails bifid ; head large ; thorax\smaller than the head, almost cubical ; elytra flexible,shorter than the abdomen, oval or angular, divergent; nowings; abdomen large and soft; maxt/tej bifid, straight, • Tarsi, seconil joints of ilic feet. t Thorax, liic dorsal potlion of the truiiit, iiiclutlcd by the dorsal niiturcs. \ Maxilla, or jaws, odo or) each Midu of Iho mouth, iiniiicdiately beiicuthihc innndihlc-t or upper ;, moving; tuiisvcrjuly, u^uully corncou:) at baso andineriibrdnarrutf at \ir
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