54 MODERN CLASSIFICATION OF INSECTS. 



under the name of Hybrida, and which has been described by the 

 French authors under that of C. maritima. 



The smallest British species is the C. Germanica Linn., which is 

 only five lines long, of a dark green colour with four small spots, and 

 a terminal lunule of a white colour on the elytra. It has been found 

 in great abundance at Blackgang Chine in the Isle of Wight, and 

 elsewhere; and instead of frequenting hot sandy places, like the other 

 species, it is observed running amongst grass and low herbage in 

 moist situations. It has also been observed, that it makes but little 

 use of its wings: this, and some other circumstances, induced me 

 to suggest the establishment of a subgenus (named Cylindera, fi'om 

 its cylindric neck), for the reception of it, and some allied species ; 

 in the majority of its structural characters, however, it agrees with 

 the common species. 



Some of the exotic species of the genus Cicindela are generally 

 found upon the leaves of trees (Westermann in Silberm. Rev. Ent. 

 No. 3.; Lacordaire, Annales Sci, Nat, June, 1830, &c.). These species 

 have been separated by M. Laporte, under the name of Odontocheila : 

 they are of a narrower form than the otber species, and have the 

 upper lip more advanced and toothed ; M. Brulle, moreover, having 

 examined the structure of these tree insects, discovered that in some 

 of them the anterior tarsi are channelled down the centre beneath, 

 whilst some have a style or bristle at the tip of the internal max- 

 illary palpi ; but these characters, not being permanent throughout 

 the group, he is induced to regard them as merely indicative of a 

 sectional division, of which the Cic. cylindricoUis, Cayennensis, &c. 

 are examples. The Cic. nodicornis Dej. also belongs to the same 

 group, but is distinguished by the curious structure of the antennae 

 of the males, which have the basal joint terminated in a thick knob. 



We are informed by M. Chevrolat, that the Mexican species, Cic. 

 curvata, burrows in moist sand, whenever the wind blows or the sun 

 is obscui'ed, and that the natives macerate it in water or spirit of 

 wine to prepare a medicinal liquid (Silberm. Rev. Ent, No. 6.). 

 According to M. Westermann, the Cic. 6-pustulata, bicolor, and 

 20-punctata are found upon the young rice plants in the East Indies 

 (Silb. Rev. Ent No. 3.). Mr. W. W. Saunders has published an account 

 of the first of these three species, as well as of another new species, 

 which he has termed Cic. limosa, which he observed near Calcutta, 

 and which are attracted by the light of lamps entering apartments, 



