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and the head, in both fexes, is a yellowiftt 
red. 'rhe wing cafes aj'C filky. flexible, and 
appear as if fbrewed with filvcr-dnfl, when 
viewed by a magnifying-glafs. 'rhe abdo- 
men, or belly of this fly, is black ; except the 
lafl rings, which are yellow. It is found 
upon a flower. 
CANTHAKIS PECTINICOMIS. 
rhe COMB-HORNED CAN'EHARIS. 
''X' he antennx, or feelers of this fly, are 
black, combed, and as long as the, body, 
'rhebreall and elytra are of a beautiful fear- 
let. It has black legs, and yellow eyes. 
It is a pretty infeft, and is found among 
flowers. 
'rhis genus contains a number of beau- 
tiful infeills, the colours of which vary ad- 
cording to the diflerence of fex, fcafon, dice, 
which renders it unneceffary to deferibe 
them. — 'I'liey frequent flowers ; and their 
larva: are limilar to thole of the cerambyces, 
and are to be found in the trunks of decay- 
ed willows, and other old trees. Although 
thefe infedls are frequently confounded witli 
the cantharides, yet they differ cffentially-: 
for the canthares have five articulations in 
the tarli, or intermediate ])art between the 
leg and foot hut the cantharides have five 
articula*'' 
