3ft oHnrn roixoprrRA. 



didm halrjr. Klytrn bluish l>lnrk or ut>Hrur«> ruiirfoiis ; hurorrnl lunule nrarly inlrr- 

 ruptt^l in thi< nii<i(lli<, nml illlatc^l nt the rxtri-niltlr<t ; InicrtiK^italr l>ati(l r<>ni|><>!<e<l 

 of two iinixTfjTt ■irniirlirh'j*, or two rn>M-«nLi tinilcl «t thflr tii>« ; Uf^t loiiR, l>lui^h 

 grwn ; tn>rhntitprs |mr]>lc. Hr»l niui Ihomx tn«tallir Mut* licni-ath ; hn-AAt f;rri-n ; 



Sijfr^ hniry (:<.ii.l>, Trtn* Nat llUt Soc BoMoo, p &3-S. 



DisoovvrctI hy Dr T. W. Hahhih oh the siummit of Bltif liill iu Milton (MaMarhu«ett!<), 

 ocrupyiiiK tli«« luikrtl r>Kk ami tin- jmtrlus of iik>?>.vs Rpiwing thrriHUi. Its luunc is <l«rivttl 

 fniiu thu fact, tluU in tiding, its aUlom«-ii •{■ix-nni like u drop uf Lluud 8U>|iiu<l(.-U (u its 

 tail. 



APIM-NPIX TO CKINDKLA. 



CicisoKLA CAMPKHTKi* ( l.inn.)- ( Plut*" »vii, til?. 6.) 



Above dull urivn, soinotimos richly nsplj-mU-nt with coppery and Roldi-n n-fi<-ctions. 



Elytra very finely shHj("^'n'"«'» (?"•«•'>» with fn>m thn-e to six p«l»- sjkiIs on rarh,dl9- 



jx«<-d one externally on the shoulder, three on the outer edge of the elytra, one od the 



tip and one in the disk. Benej^th green, with rich coppery n-«l hues ; legs bright copper 



glossi'd with green, e<j>ecially on the tarsi ; lahruni whitish. 



STtmiBf, p. II, nioalratioiM, rt«. 



This is a common Kuropean sp«'ciM, intnxluccd here for the purjKMjc of cr»mpariflon with 

 ours. 



('araliid;!'. 



TiiK. m.v<-ts i-iiilinued in tins natural family, or grou|>. jm,ss«-v> M-vmil rliani<trp> m rcni- 

 nion, by which ihey are distinnuishcd from the cicindrLda*. ami from tlu>se which are to 

 follow. Tlie distinguishing characters, as given by systematic writers, are as f«dlows : 



* Anterior tibia' witlu>ut emarginalion on the inner si<le. Head narmwer than the thorax ; 

 * eyes nilher pnmiinent ; palpi with the terminal joints often compressed, large, and 

 < somewhat triangular in shafx- ; mandibles simple, m<'4lerately long and rather thick.' 



This family is divide«i by WuTwroi) into five sub-families, each embracing several allied 

 genera. With the intention of giving these sulvfaniilies a natural arrangement, Wi^rrwooo 

 plBC«-s first up>n the list the HraiMnidm, which stand near the Inad of the Gi:oi.i.riiA«A ; 

 and ends with Ihc Hnnhdtiilts, the sub-ai|Ujitic<<, or the sub-family which links the ttco- 

 i>i:riiAi:A with the IIvi>Hoi)KPiiA«iA. Theonier, then, in which the several sub families stand 

 to each other, is as follows : 



