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ARTICULATA. 



CiciN-DKi,, ('. jiiirpurca, is purple! and hrilliaiit green: the Cousiw Cicindel, C. patruela, is bot- 

 tlo-gri'iMi al>ovo, steel-blue and green beneath ; the White-lipped Cicindel, C. albilabris, is 

 blark, with a purplish tirit above. 



The i;i'inis Caralni.s iiicliidcs niinieroiis European species, some of which are brilliantly colored, 

 and all of which are exceedingly rapacious — taking the place among insects of the lions and tigers 

 among bejusts. In illustration of the savageness of this race, the author of the "Jardin des 

 riantes" tells us of a (Joluen Carabus, C. auratus, that was seen to pursue and attack a cock- 

 chafer, :ui'i. lia\ iuLT dra%vii out its bowels, proceed leisurely to devour them. This species inhab- 

 its gardens, and is popularly called the Gardener. 



THE INQUISITOR CARABUS. 



THE BLUK CAEABUS. 



The Blue Carabus, C. ci/aneus, is an inch and a quarter long, the body oval, flat, and above 

 of a brilliant blue. The Sycophant Carabus, C. s?/co^97ia?2?a, is a beautiful species of a golden- 

 green color, with coppery reflections : its larvae are noted for the destruction they make among 

 the processionary caterpillars. The Inquisitor Carabus, C. inquisitor, has the same form and 

 manners as the preceding: the body is an inch long, and of a blackish-green color. 





THE BOMBARDIER BEETLE. 



Another species, the Bombardier Beetle, Aptinus bcilista, are provided with a most extraor- 

 dinary means of defense. These have a large oval abdomen, which secretes a caustic fluid. They 

 live in societies, and when they are attacked or alarmed, they discharge this fluid, which not only 

 makes a loud report, but diff"uses a disagreeable and penetrating odor : if the liquid strikes the 

 human skin, it produces a blister. The French call this battery of the little bombardiers an 

 Internal Machine — the name given to a terrible engine which was once exploded in the streets of 

 Paris, designed to kill the Emperor Napoleon I. In tropical countries, this kind of insect is of 



