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resemblance to ants than to the Cicindela? proper, so much so 

 that when the insects are seen prowling in search of prey along 



Vis. 351. 



Fig. 352. 



the slender 1 (ranches of trees, the^y can scarcely be distinguished 

 from large ants of the Ponera group. 



The genus Aniblyclnlu has the third joint of the maxillary 



Fig. 354. Fig- ."-.->.-). Fig. 356. Fig. 357. 



palpi longer than the fourth, and the first joint of the labial 

 palpi veiy short, while the cpipleurte are wide. Omus differs 

 in the wider epipleur.ie ; lioth genera inhabit the Pacific States, 



Fig. 358. 



and the former is found as far east as Kansas. Tetracha (Fig. 

 351, T. Virginica Hope) has the first joint of the labial palpi 

 elongated. In Cicindela and allies, the third joint of the max- 



