for the .same purpose the Cicindelitlee, coiisiderhig them as the 

 most complete in their organization. The only genus of this 

 family found in Great Britain is that which I have described ; 

 the species forming it are all conspicuous for their beaut}^, and 

 valued (with the exception of C. campestrii) for their rarity ; 

 they are exceedingly active, and are mostly met with flying in 

 the heat of the day in sandy situations. 



The specimen figured is smaller and greener than the au- 

 thentic ones from Mons. Dejean in the magnificent collection 

 of A. MacLeay, Esq., but it agrees very well witli those in the 

 British Museum. As an inhabitant of this country it is unique, 

 and I am indebted to my friend J. F. Stephens, Esq., for 

 being able to present my readers with a figure of this rare 

 and elegant species : it was taken in Epping Forest in Jime 

 1820, and the same year it was found in profusion in different 

 parts of the continent. — C stjlvicola very nearly approaches 

 C. hyhrida, but is readily distinguished from it by the green 

 colour which is predominant ; by the less sinuated fascia on 

 the elytra; and by the more ferruginous colour of the third 

 joint of the labial palpi. 



C. germanica from its different form may very fairly be con- 

 sidered as belonging to another division of the genus. Mr. 

 Brightwell found it in the middle of a very hot day in July 

 1810, running with the greatest rapidity among the short grass, 

 on the maro-in of a small brook at Black-o-ano; Chine in the Isle 

 of Wight : it has also been taken near Dartford in Kent. 

 The other species indigenous to this island are C. sylvatica, 

 C. hybrida, and C. campestris. 



The plant upon which the Insect is drawn is Poa annua 

 (Annual Meadow Grass).* 



* Whenever the plant to which an insect is attached can be obtained, it w ill be 

 introduced in the plate; but a'; some feed upon putrid animal and vegetable sub- 

 stances, many upon each other, and as not unfrequently their habits are totally 

 unknown, — in such instances plants will be introduced with a view to make the 

 work as handsome and instructive as possible ; and as a knowledge of Botany is 

 absolutely necessary in order to be able to collect insects with complete success, it 

 is hoped tliat figures of the indigenous plants will prove acceptable and useful to 

 the reader. 



