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INSECTS. 
Genus PULEX.— Linneeus. 
Generic Character .—With an oval compressed body divided 
into twelve segments, the thorax embracing three of them, and 
the others the abdomen; feet six; without wings ; rostrum 
jointed and consisting of two plates, enveloping a sucker. 
Pulex irritans _The Common Flea. 
Plate XCVII. fig. 10. 
Deep chestnut-brown, the legs paler; the segments bordered 
with short stiff hairs. 
ORDER IV.—COLEOPTERA. 
Having four wings, the upper ones in the form of cases ; 
provided with mandibles and jaws for mastication ; under wings 
folded across ; elytra crustaceous, with a straight suture. 
Section I. — Pentamera. — Tarsi having all five joints. 
TRIBE I.-ADEPHAGI. 
Having six palpi, provided with two at each jaw. 
Genus CICINDELA.— Linnceus. 
Generic Character. —With an oblong or ovate, posteriorly 
rounded abdomen ; with two palpi on each jaw ; exterior palpi 
as long, sometimes longer than those of the labium ; filiform 
antenme *, hairy palpi; wings and tarsi slender and elongated. 
Cicindela hyhrida. — The Hybrid Cicindela. 
Plate XCVII. fig. 11. 
Body shining, verdigris-green ; and spotted with white on 
each wing case ; suture of a coppery tinge. Inhabits wood in 
Europe. 
Genus C ARAB US.— Latreille. 
Generic Character. —With an elongated body, which is fre¬ 
quently bronzed, golden-green, coppery, and violet; head pro¬ 
jecting, and narrower than the thorax; eyes two, rounded ; 
thorax narrower than the abdomen, heart-shaped, truncated and 
