CLASS I. INSECTA: ORDER 1. COLEOPTERA. 



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LAEVA OF THE CICINDELA CAMPESTRIS SEIZING ITS PREY. 



from their eminently predaceous propensities, are more diurnal in their habits than the rest of 



the tribe. They are usually green or gray, with a brassy or bronzed 

 tint, -with whitish or brindled spots or lines, giving them an elegant ap- 

 pearance. The common European species, Cicindela campestris, may 

 be found flying and running about with great agility in the hottest 

 sunshine. This insect is of a beautiful green color, with whitish spots ; 

 and its mouth is armed with a most formidable pair of sharp, toothed 

 jaws. The larvJB are of a singular form ; they live in holes in the 

 ground, maintaining themselves by means of a pair of hooks placed on 

 the enlarged eighth segment of their body, at such a height that their 

 heads exactly occupy the mouth of the hole. Here they lie in wait for 

 their prey, which consists of other larvje, and the moment one of these 



approaches their den, they rush u)3on it with the greatest ferocity, and bear it off in their jaws. 



CICINDELA CAMPESTRIS AND 

 LARVA. 



THE GOLDEN CARABUS AND THE COCK-CHAPEK. 



Numerous species of Cicindela are found in the United States. The Common Cicindel, C. vul- 

 garis, is half an inch long, and appears in spring until June, and again in August. The Purple 



