GENERIC CHARACTER.

Antennæ taper. Thorax margined. Shells flexile. Sides of theAbdomen papillous, and folded. In each Foot five joints.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

. Bright green. Shells red on the external sides ; a small red spot oneach side of the Corselet.

Cantharis Ænea thorace marginato, corpore viridi æneo elytrisextrorsum undique ruhris. Linn. Syji. Nat. 2. 648. 7.—?

Fn. Sv. 708.

Cicindela viridi ænea, elytris extrorsum ruhris.

Geoff. Inf 1. 174. 7.

Thelephorus ceneus , &c. Degeer. Inf. 4. 73. 6. Tab. 2. Fig. 16. Ip

Scarabaus , &c. Raj. Inf. 77. 12.

Schœjf. monogr. 1754. Tab. 2. Fig . xo, 11,

Icon. Tab. 18. Fig. 12. 13.

Very plenty on flowers; often on thistles in May,