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Lidén Number 124
Respondent: Knut Augustin Lenaeus (1738-1799)
Title: ... de Meloë vesicatorio, ...
Date of Defense: 20 {22?} December 1762
Paginations: [iv], [1], 2-15, [1]
Lidén Title: Meloe vesicatoria.
Soulsby Title: Meloë
Drake Title: Meloë Vesicatorio.
Note: Two copies have a title page dated 20 December 1762; one of these copies also has an additional title page dated 22 December 1762.
Abstract: A study of European vesicatory (blister-producing) insects having the properties of the Cantharides fly, chiefly the blistering fly (Meloe cichorii). The report describes the insects, hosts and habitats and includes prescriptions for the use of vesicating plasters.