COLEOPTERA. 



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exhale a very strong odour : nearly all are peculiar to America. One 

 of the most curious insects of this tribe is the Mormolyce phyllodes of 

 Java (Fig. 521) whose elytra project in such a manner as to give it 

 the appearance of a leaf It lives under bark. The larva and the 



-Anthia thoracica. 



p;g 516.— Campylocnemis Schrceteri. 



pupa (Fig. 522) resemble those of other genera of which we have 



been speaking. . ^ . i ^-i^^ ;-. 



The next great family of the tribe of carnivorous beetles 1. 



composed of the C/r/;/^^//^^-slender insects, with large prominent 



•heads, very long legs, and which are very active in their movements. 



The Cicildelijl like sandy plains. When the sun shmes they fly in 



