34 NATURAL HISTORY. 
the head and legs reddifh: the brown oval Water-beetle with reddifii 
legs, head, and breatt. : 
“Another infea of the Beetle kind, is by modern authors called Elater;. 
which has feelers like briftles, and an oblong body. It is remarkable; _ 
that when laid on its back, it has the power of fpringing or leaping up, | 
whence it has its name; for Elater fignifies a fpring. 
The Elaier of a mixed brown, green, and brafly colour, is a {mall 
fpecies, and has an oblong body: the brealt and cafes of the wings of _ 
the male are very bright, abounding pretty much with green, and the 
feelers are a little pectinated on the fides: the colour of the female is _ 
more-yellow, and the breaft is broader‘and glofly, being more green — 
than the wings, but the feelers are not peétinated. It makes its ap- 
pearance chiefly in une. ; 
The black Elater with a red’ breaft, is'of the fmalleft fpecies, and is — 
all over black, except on the breaft and the cafes of the wings, which | 
are of a blueith caft; likewife the forepart of the breaft is black, and the © 
other red, and has the appearance of a large red‘ fpot, in the fhape of — 
a half moon, the horns of which are turned towards the head: the © 
feelers are black. It is very common in pafture-grounds under hedges, — 
near London. 
. The brownith black Elater, is a pretty large fpecies, and has an ob- — 
long body: the colour is the fame throughout, being of a’ brownifh — 
black; but the head: is fmall, and the cafes of the wings are fmooth,. 
and a little glofly. | 
This is called the brown Natopeda by Linneus ; who alfo takes notice — 
of the black Elater with a hairy breaft; the black Elater with a red © 
breaft, mentioned:above; and the black Elater with red cafes of the — 
wings. Other authors mention the greenifh brafs-coloured Elater, 
with yellow legs: the black Elater with cafes of the wings blue: the — 
black Elater with cafes of the wings red on the back part: the black 
Elater with ‘the cafes of the wings livid on the outer edge: the red- 
breafted Elater with red cafes of the wings: the black Elater with 
brown cafes of the wings, and the feelers and legs of a reddith brown. | 
© Lhe Cantharis is of the beetle kind,.from whence comes Cantharides, — 
well known in the fhops:by the name of Spanifh flies, and for their ufe 
in blifters: they have feelers like briftles, flexible cafés of the wings, a 
breaft pretty plain, and the fides of the belly wrinkled. : | 
Cantharides. differ from each other in their fize, fhape and colour3. 
thofe ufed in the fhops alfo do the fame: the largeft in thefe parts are 
about an inch long,.and’as much in circumference; but others are not 
above three quarters of an inch.. Some are of a pure azure colour, 
others of that of pure gold, and others again have a mixture of 
ld and azure-colours; but they are all very: brilliant, and extremely 
beautiful. ‘ 
There are four parts: in this infect, namely the head,.the neck or 
breaft, the body, and the belly: the head is fmall-in proportion, but 
the mouth is pretty large, and there are teeth in the jaws, with twe 
forts of articulated pinchers, with which they lay hold of the food and 
bring it to their mouth ; on the forehead there eae eyes of a golden 
colour, a little. prominent, and under them there are two horns oF 
feelers, made. like briftles, pretty long, and moveable, by means-of 
tevelve equal articulations, the laft of-which terminates in a point: the 
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