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CENUS 18_NECYDALIS CARRION EATER. 
This differs from ^11 the infe&s of Order I. in 
the wings being extended their whole length, not 
folded up under the elytra, which on this account 
feem to be of lefs ufe r to this dnfeft than to the 
other genera. 
Barbut found in Norwood a perfeft infeft upon 
an oak-tree the beginning of Auguft, the larva i? 
unknown. 
GENUS 19.—LAMPYRIS FIRE-FLY. 
The larvae of thofe lampyrides we are acquainted 
with, perfe&ly refemble the female inTeft, and feed 
-upon leaves. 
L ampyris No Eiilu c a* 
The male is a flying infe&—the female is the 
glow-worm often feen in June. The perfeft male 
infe& flies during evening in autumn, and frequents 
the grally plantations of juniper-trees, called It vcr - 
*iuisant de nu-it . 
The male, h^s four luminous fppts. 
GENIUS 20—CANTIIARIS. ; 
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The metamorphofis of the cantharisv refemble 
thofe of the cerambyx, and are found in the decayed 
trunk of a willow. 
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The infeft frequents flowers, 
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