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dead tones of flowers and the butterfly's wing. To all these various ele- 

 ments add some singularities, which you would suppose to be the work of 

 human art, in the Oriental styles, Persian and Turkish, or as in the Indian 



Fig. 10. 



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shawl, where the colors, slightly subdued, have found an admirable basis, 

 time having gradually lent a grave tone to their sweet harmony." 



When we have let go our common Cicindela, Cicindela vulgaris, fig. 

 10, let us look at the pictures of his — not sisters — but of his cousins and 

 his aunts. 



The Purple Tiger Beetle ( C. purpurea Riv.) is figured as No. n. It 

 is nearly the same size as vulgaris, and is often to be found in its com- 

 pany. Its general color is a beautiful metallic purple ; sometimes, how- 

 ever, it assumes a greenish garb. On either wing cover there is a bent 



Fig. 14. 



Fig- 15. 



reddish line extended from the outer almost to the inner margin, a dot 

 lower down and another at the extreme tip of the inner margin. It rather 

 delights in chilly weather, and often appears before the snow is well gone. 



