BOSTON ZOOJ,0(;J('AL SOCIETY. 7. 



CAK MlOnilOPS ATVKKNrS. {ti'd Snake.) 



G'o-isy cIk.'S ii'it hiowii a1)()ve. A grMxi^J lalcral ^t ipt\ 

 .' p >tte(l with a darkci" ^'isvd". ' xt 'nd-; tVoiii tb * head to the 

 aiiii-J. Head, sinalh th e^i h<j;h spot^ on th^ occiput, iie- 

 low, sa/mon ivd, l)ccoining dark r towai'd the tail. Length 

 ot l)ody, 7.50 inches. Tail, l.*"^ 5 inches. Scales, 1:3. (J^a^,- 

 tns'eges 120-] ol). 



HAiUTS. Thi-! specie fi-equ nts places where the soil is 

 light and sandy, xth food consists of young toads and in- 

 sects. Tt is usnally fo ind under stitks and stones At Un 

 derhill \^t. it was exceedinoly abiiidant along the rail-road 

 track, and at other places was taken near sandy roads. It 

 i. ic fcctl\ harni'e-s and when take riii the hand it makes 

 JH) ( f!l/rt to defrn d itself, hut only seeks to escape. The 

 sa.allcst spGclnien I have ever examined measnred a' out 

 1.75hic!ies in length. The species is rare in Southern New 

 England, hut in Maine, N^ r hern New Ilanpsliire j nl \^e;' 

 mont it isal u idant. 



HEMAiiKs. I !iav' found n.mhes of small Carahicjje in 

 th ir st( machs. hut h m bv^en ahle to det( ct no other insiH'ts. 

 1 have taken oiie np. cluicn wl.osu under s'de was yolicw'sh 

 ]/ink. 



A Fi:\V KEMARKS OX CICiNDEJ.ID/E. 



Tile faihily of ins 'cts rankh^g fiist in the clas. iiication of 

 the IJrder C< L^optera i^^ c; lied C icindeiidiX3, a word (rigiral- 

 \\ (.e.ived Ironi t-ie Greek kaio mean nig to l)urn or to iilow. 

 'I'his name is uiven them probably because of ^heii' biiiha:it 

 m taliic lustre which r.'iiec s the sun's lays when seen in 

 certain positions. 'i liey are al^o known l»y several ccm- 

 nion nan.es such as s])arkl *rs, and tigei-beeiles from tlie hai.it 

 of leaping ^n d nly upon their prey. 



The Cici dedda; have the antemia^ hliform; the legs long 

 and slernlei', foi*n.e f( r r. niiing vei*y last ; the jaws p.omi- 

 u^^nt and si(dsle-sh «j)cd; the labruni generally wliitc. Tlie 

 I iid 'r side of di • hudv. Jind (lie lei>s iUtJ of a bronze or met 



