CANTIIARIS. CANTIIARIS. 
Generic Character. 
Antennrs setace®. 
Thorax marginatus, capite 
brevior. 
Elytra flexilia. 
Abdominis latera plicato- 
papillosa. 
Antenna setaceous. 
Thorax margined, shorter 
tlian the head. , 
Wing-Sheaths^^^'^W^.^^ 
Abdomen pleated into pa- 
pillae on the sides. 
One of the most elegant insects of this genus 
is the Scarlet Cantharis, (doubtful whether a 
Linnasan species). It is entirely of a vivid red, 
except the body, legs, and antenna?, which are 
coal-black. Its length is something more than 
half an inch. ' 
Cantharis hipustulata is a beautiful insect, con- 
siderably smaller than the preceding, and of a 
more slender or cylindric shape: its colour is a 
very dark but elegant gilded green, with the tips 
of the wing-shells red, and on each side the thorax, 
a little below the setting on of the wing-shells, is a 
triple vesicle, of a bright red colour, extensile or 
retractile at the pleasure of the insect, and which, 
if accurately observed by the microscope, will 
generally be found to exhibit an alternate infla- 
tion and contraction, resembling that of the lungs 
in the larger animals. This species is found dur- 
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