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... , THE SPANISH FLY.

"flowed a i it,

c 4rne on . leecl1 she was applying to her gums. Acute cardialgia soons t° m;t( . h ’_ AVlt ‘i a feeling of erosion, and creeping in the interior of thethe f ace ’ ® 0lr ictimes convulsive movements in the limbs and muscles of4t Ul Pale' re<1UOncv an( i irregularity of the pulse ; universal agitationf ° c<) llect‘ IleSS 1 le count - ellance - The physician who was called in,

°b "irie ln f 9 1 ? ^ act ascertained by Bibiena , that leeches could not livek'uis \ve a< lri *nistered half a glass every quarter of an hour. The symp-''i'ich p, 16 ? 0O!1 alleviated ; and the fourth dose caused vomiting, by"'ith clots 6 ■ ad ^ eet 'h was evacuated, with much glairy' matter, mixed,e co Vere .°* black blood. By a proper subsequent treatment the patient

t in eight days ( Recueil Periodi/jue).

^ Class 6. Insecta , Goldfuss. —Insects.

ol eUli ‘li''rf e ^ ail 'mals with six feet (hexopoda), one pair of antenna, a dorsal vessel forlar^ resiI,,rin £ b.v trachea, ami undergoing metamorphosis (being successively

’Pupa , and imago). Head distinct from the thorax.

OltDEP. 1. CoLEOPTEKA, LitiUCBUS. -BEETLES.

'°Ur y ■

> unff’ ,°1" h’cli the two upper or anterior ( elytra or wing cases ) are horny or^’’"diiiaby 'l 0 ” 11 'he hack bv a straight suture; lower or posterior wings folded- • Mandibles ami jaws for mastication.

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ans vesicato'ria, Latreille, L. E. D .—The Blister Beetle orSpanish Fly.

kytta vesicatoria, Fabricius. —Meloe vesicatorius, Linnaus.

(The whole fly, J?,)

Tytta vesicatoria, Fabricius. Meioe vesi^o.^

. (The whole fly, E.) 'nSCCt whicll he

%T r ° RY -—Hippocrates employed in mctbcbl ° r ur Cantharis vesi-effects were similar to those ^ wntevs that our>li st .' Hence it has been erroneously uifeir J p ie ancients- Ibattii 5 ; beetle is identical with that employe facts. In the first

Wa.ce eience is incorrect is proved by the o ® vv itli those of Can-b eetl es agree in tl.eir effects on the >■ signifies « smallli m e esicat »ria ; secondly, the word Kav0«pis (Ub _ p. cap. 6o)

p,° r scarabcens parvus ; thirdly, botr 1/i \ refer to several kinds'*f ciy &ist. Nat. lib. xxix. cap. 30, ^ T ^ hos e with trans-

'ris e cetdes, but remark that the most povv , are homogeneous

cc,i;^ 0vv bands on the wings, and tliaUhos J r efor c, that neither

♦rtlovnnlV Cieai, L , . -Trtcinfl.tOVia.

b,u remark tnai me .

.?°Ur a re an< : s 011 the wings, and that those which are uum^v-.

0 le «e anci" Caa aiK ^ inert. It is tolerably clear, therefore, that neitherSc) bte el lar ,Cnt "’riff'rs were acquainted with Cantharis vesicatoria.

"ith t . acters assigned to the ancient blistering insect agree pre-4 (j ;• by m ° s ® lb two species of Mylabris. Burmeister {Man. of En-; V f th e c Ckard ’ I 1 ' 1830) suggests that Mylabris Fiisselini, a

H q-' °nfb of Europe , was the species used by the ancients.\.,i ! lr >a a]1( j oru is employed as a blistering beetle at the present dayy. . v t} le n So ” le Parts of Ilindostan, and may, perhaps, have been

and Homans. '

hclpi . f I:K - Giiyin.—Antenna elongate, simple, filiform. Maxil-Uh terminal joint somewhat ovate. Head large, heart'