Melanactes (melanaktez)

[NL., genus of click-beetles of the family Elaterid a. M. pice us is a shining pitch-black species, one inch long, inhabiting the Atlantic water-shed of the United States. There are 7 species, all North American. Le Conte, 1853. mel anæmia (mel-a-nē'mi-ä), n. [NL., or intermittent fever.