GEODEPHAGA BRITANNICA. 



COLEOPTERA. 



GEODEPHAGA, MacLeay. 



Mandibulse corneas ; palpi sex, quatuor maxillares, duo labiales, 

 palpi maxillares externi 4-articulati, interni 2-articulati ; an- 

 tennae filiformes raro submoniliforaies ; pedes cursorii ; tarsi 

 omnes 5-articulati. 



Fam. 1. CICINDELID^E. 



Mandibulse acute dentatse; maxillae ungue corneo, articulate 

 terminates; palpi labiales articulis quatuor, basilari e stipite 

 libero efformato; ligula cornea, inflexa, paraglossis nullis; 

 mentum breve. Pedes longi, tibiis nunquam emarginatis. 

 Cicindeletes, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. 1. 173. 



Genus 1. CICINDELA, L. 



Mentum dente media prominulo, acuto. Tarsi antici maris arti- 

 culis tribus dilatatisy linearibus, subtus dense spongiosis. 



1. C. sylvatica: nigro-sub&nea, elytris lunuld humerali fascia 

 obliqud sinuatd abbreviatd punctoque marginali ante apicem 

 albis. 



Linn. F. S. 748. Fab. S. El. 1. 235. Gyll. Ins. Suec. 2. 4. 

 Sturm, D. F. 7. 114. Dej. Spec. 1. 71 ; Icon. 1. 29. pi. 3. 

 Steph. Mand. 1 . 7, et Manual, p. 5. Erichson, Kafer, 2. Heer, 

 Faun. Helv. 3. 



Bronze with a purplish tinge. Head finely striated and gra- 

 nulated ; upper lip black, and more acuminated than in others 

 of the genus, with an elevated longitudinal line in the centre 



