82 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 I'voida of Linnaeus : both these insects are of 

 a very voracious nature, and are often observed 

 to prey even on their own species. 



