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Cantharis, Linneus. 

 The above name should only be applied to the 

 true vesicatory insects ; I therefore adopt the term 

 used by Degeer, namely, Telephorus. Nearly the 

 whole of the species detailed by Linneus belong to 

 the Malacododermata. There are about forty dif- 

 ferent indigenous British species : the exotic ones 

 are considerably more numerous. They prey chiefly 

 on insects for food ; they will however sometimes 

 attack vegetable as well as animal food. Little has 

 been done in subdividing the family into genera. The 

 Baron De Jean, in his last catalogue, gives various 

 generic names, without detailing their characters ; 

 I am therefore obliged to object to their adoption. 



Linnean Species. 



Sp. 1. Sanguinolenta. — This remarkable insect 

 belongs to the family Horiadse, and is of the genus 

 Cissites of Latreille. It occurs at Bombay, Madras, 

 and Ceylon, from which places I have occasionally 

 received it. 



Sp. 19. Tropica. — This insect now belongs to 

 the genus Calopteron, Laporte. The species of it 

 differ considerably from Dictyoptera of Latreille ; 

 the generic details will be found published in the 

 Hist. Nat. des Animaux — Articulees, page 261. 



Sp. 21. Violacea. — I consider this insect to be 

 an Ischnomera of Stephens. It has never fallen 

 under my notice. Guinea appears to be the locality 

 given to it. 



