ORDER COLEUPTKRA. 



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NECROPHAGA 



BRACRELYTRA 



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 SiLraiPiS. 



NlTtbCLIDjS. 



Enoipa. 



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 ]'8F.i.ArniDX. 



TxCUYrOBID^E. 



Westwood, honrevcr, in his wurk on the Britii>li (i^encra, adopts, in preference to the 

 foregoing, tlie tarsal system, and Itenrc recognizes the folluwing sulxlivisiun : 



1. PiNTAMKBA : tarn with fiTc jo'tnU ; 



2 HKTKioMtiA : tlio four anterior tami f>-')«\nlc6. and the two posterior 4-joiiilcd ; 



:i. P?Eri"-)TET« AMr.HA : tar<i ri-jnintcl, tho fiurth exceedingly minuto ; 



I. PsECDOTRiMERA : tAr»i 4-joiolcd, tho third joint Tcrj diminutiro and coDccalcd. 



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Tiiv. family '>f l>eetle<. which nrf kn'<wn under thi? name, nre nmonq the most i>eantiftil of 

 tlu- insoct triU'S : their rolurs are hrilliant, and thfir ninrkini^s add t<> the Iwatity and 

 elegance of the e«>li>rs l)y contrast. In size they urcnjty a niiddU' gnmnd : the largest 

 scarcely exre«'«l an inrli in leni?th, and tlie snialh^t are at least ono-third of an inch h-ng. 

 Their ha!>its an- as interesting as their C'd.irs an- lM>autifuI : their watrhfuln«-ss is untiring ; 

 and though their llight is short, it is difhcult to ra]>tun> them. In the nature of their in- 

 stincts they agree with the carnivora among the vertebrate class of animals : they arc 

 flesh-eaters ; hut in order that they may capture and secure the living insect as their prey, 

 they an- <junhlled to give chase either on the wing or on foot, and they make war U|>on all 

 ins«Tts that are not too strong for them. The cirimlelida; hunt uj^on sandy and arid plains, 

 and s«'eni to delight in the heating rays of the sun ; for in hot tlays they apin-ju- far more 

 numenius^ flying anil alighting U|Hin the gmuud Itefore us in <Iry jmths, and turning their 

 heatls watchfully towanls its when they rest for a moment. 



