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Ganteaeus. * 
Genus XX. — Cantharis » 
The infefls of this famity are numerous, and diftinguifh- 
ed into twenty-feven different 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 infedt, however, belongs 
to a different genus. The cantharis frequents flowers ; 
its larva refembles that of the cerambyx already de- 
fdribed. 
All the infers of this tribe have fetaceous antenna;, 
the elytra flexible, and the thorax margined, and fhorter 
than the head. Like the preceding genus, they have pa- 
pillse upon the fides of the abdomen. 
Cantharides tenes-viridis f. This infedt is of a kind of 
brafs green ; on each fide of the thorax is a fmall nipple, 
of a faffron-colour, with three tips. The thorax and. 
elytra are of a deep green, the latter terminating in a red 
foot. Beneath, the infedt is of the colour of brafs, and 
red under the wings |. 
f Rai Inf. p. ioi. 
f Rcgne Animale, p. 6g, 
