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exhale a very strong odour : nearly all are peculiar to America. One 

 of the most curious insects of this tribe is the Mormolyce phyllodes of 

 Java (Fig. 521) whose elytra project in such a manner as to give it 

 the appearance of a leaf. It lives under bark. The larva and the 



Fig. 515. Anthia thoracica. Fig. 516. Campylocnemis Schroeteri 



pupa (Fig. 522) resemble those of other genera of which we have 

 been speaking. 



The next great family of the tribe of carnivorous beetles is 

 composed of the Cicindelid<z slender insects, with large prominent 

 heads, very long legs, and which are very active in their movements. 

 The Cicindelidce like sandy plains. When the sun shines they fly in 



