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  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM. 
  

  

  or 
  other 
  vegetable 
  tissue; 
  but 
  this 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  uniform, 
  a 
  few 
  species 
  

   being 
  distinctly 
  beneficial, 
  while 
  others 
  are 
  as 
  decidedly 
  harmful. 
  

  

  Seventh. 
  — 
  Beetles 
  with 
  5-jointed 
  feet 
  and 
  slender, 
  filiform 
  or 
  thread-like 
  

   antennae 
  are 
  probably 
  predatory 
  and 
  beneficial. 
  There 
  are 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  

   exceptions 
  to 
  this. 
  

  

  The 
  list 
  in 
  this 
  order 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  materially 
  added 
  to 
  in 
  many 
  fami- 
  

   lies, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  fairly 
  accurate 
  and 
  complete. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  

   critically 
  looked 
  over 
  by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  our 
  best 
  Coleopterists, 
  and 
  every 
  

   questionable 
  record 
  has 
  been 
  verified, 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  possible 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  

   Credit 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  all 
  cases 
  for 
  work 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  families, 
  and 
  in 
  

   most 
  instances 
  the 
  most 
  recent 
  American 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  followed. 
  

  

  There 
  has 
  been 
  no 
  recent 
  comprehensive 
  work 
  on 
  this 
  order 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  and 
  the 
  studies 
  in 
  other 
  countries, 
  which 
  indicate 
  a 
  very 
  

   radical 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  series, 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  generally 
  

   understood 
  and 
  accepted 
  here. 
  Under 
  the 
  circumstances, 
  I 
  have 
  deemed 
  

   it 
  best 
  to 
  attempt 
  no 
  change 
  in 
  the 
  arrangement, 
  a 
  faunal 
  list 
  being 
  no 
  

   proper 
  place 
  to 
  introduce 
  a 
  mooted 
  or 
  new 
  classification. 
  

  

  Family 
  CICINDELIDyE. 
  

  

  Commonly 
  known 
  as 
  "tiger-beetles." 
  They 
  are 
  long-legged, 
  rather 
  

   slender, 
  active 
  beetles, 
  predatory 
  in 
  habit, 
  living 
  usually 
  in 
  open, 
  sandy 
  

   places, 
  and 
  flying 
  readily 
  when 
  disturbed. 
  The 
  larv^ 
  are 
  uncouth 
  

   creatures, 
  with 
  large 
  head 
  and 
  prominent 
  jaws, 
  that 
  live 
  in 
  vertical 
  bur- 
  

   rows 
  in 
  sandy 
  soil, 
  watching 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  for 
  such 
  unwary 
  creatures 
  as 
  

   may 
  come 
  in 
  their 
  way. 
  They 
  are 
  of 
  no 
  economic 
  importance. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  85. 
  — 
  Tiger 
  beetles: 
  a, 
  Cicindela 
  repanda; 
  b, 
  C. 
  generosa; 
  c, 
  C. 
  sexgnttata; 
  

   d, 
  C. 
  purpurea; 
  e, 
  a 
  larva. 
  

  

  CICINDELA 
  Linn. 
  

  

  unipunctata 
  Fabr. 
  Plainfiehl, 
  on 
  the 
  mountain 
  road 
  VII, 
  4 
  (div) 
  ; 
  Lake- 
  

   hurst 
  VI 
  (div); 
  Malaga 
  IX, 
  15 
  (GG); 
  Atco, 
  Woodstown 
  (Li); 
  DaCosta 
  

   VII 
  (W). 
  Usually 
  rare 
  and 
  always 
  local; 
  partly 
  nocturnal 
  in 
  habit; 
  

   "found 
  running 
  in 
  pine 
  woods 
  along 
  roads 
  before 
  dark" 
  (W). 
  

  

  