A new and accurate system of natural history .. . cafes of the wings is yellow, or ofthe colour of fulphur, and the fides of the belly areyellow. 9. The hro^w CANTHARIS with the cafes of theimngs yellaiu at the point, and a red breafl. It is of thefjze of a loufe, and the breafl is of a rufly red, witha black fpot j the cafes of the wings are brown, anddo not reach half way on the belly ; but their pointsare yellow. The thighs are black, the legs pale, andthe fegment on the belly yellow on the edges. 10. Tkt black CANTHARIS with li^id cafes of theivings, is the leafl of thefe kind of flies, an
A new and accurate system of natural history .. . cafes of the wings is yellow, or ofthe colour of fulphur, and the fides of the belly areyellow. 9. The hro^w CANTHARIS with the cafes of theimngs yellaiu at the point, and a red breafl. It is of thefjze of a loufe, and the breafl is of a rufly red, witha black fpot j the cafes of the wings are brown, anddo not reach half way on the belly ; but their pointsare yellow. The thighs are black, the legs pale, andthe fegment on the belly yellow on the edges. 10. Tkt black CANTHARIS with li^id cafes of theivings, is the leafl of thefe kind of flies, and is foundupon plants. Moifet informs us that the CANTHARIDES ofthe ffiops, have a pretty large, oblong, thick body,not much unlike a grain of wheat, and that there aretranfverfe gold-coloured lines on the cafes of the wings ;but thefe lines are not common to all, for in fomethey are of a ihining green, and in others of a murreyor ruddy colour ; but they have all a fort of fplendor,and 4ire agreeable to look upon. That they live upon pulfc / ^/rv- ^cara/€e Z 5
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