INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 40. Cantharis. 365 



Dermtfioidei Thorax grooved : brown ; fhells fmooth teftaceous. 



Inhabits Germany; fmall. 



Antennae Ihort : body brown : f tells with 2 grooves. 



Tejlaceus. Thorax nearly fquare, unarmed: body tcftaceous: thighs 

 compreffed. 

 Found under the bark of the Birch-tree. 

 Antennae nearly as long as the body : body long : legs fhort. 



Muticus. Thorax unarmed black, with an imprefTed dot each fide: 

 fhells ftriate brown. 

 Inhabits Germany. 

 Antennae fhoiter than the body : jhells filiform : legs fimple. 



Monilis. Thorax unarmed with a ferruginous margin : body black: 

 fhells with a ferruginous fpot. 

 Inhabits Germany. 

 Antennae fhort moniliform : body beneath dull ferruginous. 



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CANTHARIS. Antenna* filiform : tho* 

 rax (moftly) margined, fhorter than 

 the head : Jhells flexile : fides of the ab- 

 domen edged with folded papillae. 



Fujc 



This is an extremely rapicious genus, preying on other infefh 

 and even on its own tribe; thofe of the divifion Lymexylon only, 

 both in the grub and perfect ftate, feed on greeif wood. 



A. Feelers 4, hatzhet-fiaped* 



Thorax red with a black fpot: fhells brown. 

 Telephorus fufcus. O/w. Ins. 26. tab. l.fg. I. 

 Inhabits Europe ; devours its own fpecies. 



» Li-vida. Body entirely teftaceous. 



Telephorus lividus. Oliv. Ins. 26. tab. 2. fig. 9. 

 Inhabits Europe and North America. 



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pi/par. Brown ; thorax thighs and tail rufous. 

 Inhabits Germany, refembles C. fufca. 



Head rufous with a brown dot in the middle : antennae brown, 

 rufous at ihe bafc : the other fex has ihejhej/s livid. 



AnaUs. 



