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jFzg. 66.^ C. germanica. Dull green above, with lateral 

 cream-coloured spots ; much smaller and narrower than the 

 others. Taken in abundance at Blackgang Chine, in the 

 Isle of Wight; also, occasionally, in Berkshire and Kei#. 



The Cicindelae are the most active and rapacious of the 

 carnivorous beetles ; they run and fly with singular ease and 

 rapidity, and devour an amazing number of smaller insects : 

 they are also remarkable for the brilliancy of their colours 

 and the elegance of their shape. The Rev. Mr. Kirby has 

 not ineptly called them the tigers of the insect race. The 

 woodcut represents each species of its natural size. Yours, 

 &c. — E. N. D. SepL.l. 1833. .cohMyi .0 t a dd .%ri 



Some of the synonymes of the above species, and the name 

 of a seventh British species, will be found in p. 554. ; facts 

 on C campestris in p. 201. — -J. 1J(qAbT ,n99ia Jnsbrwlqaa'j 



The Catchweed Beetle ( Timarcha tenebricbsa), — I have met 

 with this beetle on Blackheath during March, and found it on 

 Sept. 2. 1832, upon Old Oak Common, Wilsdon. A friend 

 captured several specimens on Feb. 26. 1833, on Wimbledon 

 Com mon. — James Fennell. March, 1833. 



On the Metamorphosis of the Bloody-nosed Beetle {Timarcha 

 tenebricbsa Megerle, Chrijsomela tenebricbsa Fabr.) — The 

 study of botany is so closely connected with that of entomo- 

 logy, that it seems almost impossible to pursue the one without 

 the other. In our search for plants in their native situations, 

 our attention is incessantly attracted by the infinite variety of 

 insects, feeding, sporting, lodging, &c, on them in almost 

 every stage of existence. During rambles, which these ob- 

 jects of observation have rendered delightful, I have not un- 

 frequently met with the larva of an insect, feeding on the leaves 

 and flowers of the crosswort (Galium cruciatum,j%.67.o)j and 



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