ORDER I.—BEETLES. ae 
however, is done by all the insects, probably enraged at the 
idea of being made prisoners. 
These Beetles have a cylindrical neck, an oval and flat 
abdomen, their wing-covers flat, their head thick, with large 
round eyes, long denticulated jaws, thread-like feelers, and 
their whole body is ornamented with the most splendid col- 
ors. They may be seen running upon dry, sandy ground, 
particularly at noon on sunny, warm days, but when one 
approaches them they fly away so quickly that it is quite 
difficult to catch them; they, however, soon alight again. 
When taken between the fingers, they discharge from their 
mouth a brown, fetid liquid, which has the odor of rancid 
grease. Their strong, pointed, and crossing jaws enable 
them to kill other insects with ease. 
Their grubs are soft and white, but are provided with — 
powerful jaws, and have the same rapacious nature as their 
parents. They dig perpendicular holes in the ground, and 
when driven by hunger come up just so as to have their 
round heads cover the entrance of their retreat, and here 
they wait until some insect passes over the hole, when they 
seize him in a moment and drag him into their cavern. 
The Tiger Beetles, of which there exists many species in 
the United States varying in color and size, destroy a great 
multitude of noxious insects, and hence deserve to be re- 
spected and protected. 
The two species of Tiger Beetles represented in Figs. 1 
and 2 (Cicindela repanda, and C. sexrguttata) were found 
near Cranston, Rhode Island, upon the sandy plains in the 
vicinity of the Stonington Railroad, but they are also found 
in all the Middle, Southern, and Western States of the 
Union, and with them many other kindred species. 
The Tiger Beetles, or Cicindele, belong to a large family 
called ‘*Carabi,” which Dr. Bonelly (Mem. de Turin, 1809) 
has divided into many genera, and after him Professor 
Latreille (in Cuvier’s Regne Animal) into many more; and 
