39® CANTHARI5. 



Genus XX. — Cantharis^ 



j[ HE infects of this family are numerous, and difllnguifh- 

 ed into twenty-feven dificrent kinds. From the fimilari- 

 ty of the name, fome have fuppofed them the fame with 

 the cantharides imported from Spain, whofe virtues are 

 fo well known in medicine ; that infe£t, however, belongs 

 to a different genus. The cantharis frequents flowers ; 

 its larva refembles that of the cerambyx already de- 

 fcribed. 



All the infeds of this tribe have fetaceous antennae, 

 the elytra flexible, and the thorax margined, and fliorter 

 -than the head.^ Like the preceding genus, they have pa- 

 pillae upon the lides of the abdomen. 



Cantharides senes-viridis f . This infe£l is of a kind of 

 brafs green ; on each fide of the thorax is a fmall nipple, 

 of a faff'ron-coiour, with three tips. The thorax and 

 elytra are of a deep green, the latter terminating in a red 

 fpot. Beneatli, the infeft is of the colour of brafs, and 

 ^ed under the wings %• 



j Rai luf. p. lOi. I Rcgnc Amm^\t, p. 69. 



