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CANTHARIS. 
ing the middle of summer on various plants, and 
particularly on nettles. 
Cantharis fusca is of the same size with the 
scarlet species first described, and is of a dull 
brown or blackish cast, with the thorax red, 
having a black central spot. Another species is 
of exactly similar appearance in every thing but 
colour, being of a yellowish brown both on the 
thorax and wingshells: it seems to be the Can- 
tharis Vwida of Linnaeus : both these insects are of 
a very voracious nature, and are often observed 
to prey even on their own species. 
