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thick than the last, and in which, the first three articulations 

 of the anterior tarsi of the males, are a little elongated, 

 flatted, careened below, and equally furnished with hairs on 

 both sides. The eyes are very large, and these insects reside 

 on trees.* 



The CiciNDEL.E, proper (Cicindela), Lat., 



Are little different from the Euprosopi, but that the third 

 articulation of the labial palpi is not sensibly more thick than 

 the following. They also differ in their anterior tarsi, of 

 which the first three articulations are in the males, very much 

 elongated, more strongly ciliated on the internal side than the 

 opposite, and without a keel underneath. 



Their body is usually of a green, more or less deep, 

 mixed with metallic and brilliant colours, wdth white spots 

 on the cases. They frequent dry places exposed to the sun, 

 run very fast, fly away the moment they are approached, and 

 take ground at a little distance. If they continue to be dis- 

 turbed, they have recourse again to the same means of escape. 



The larvae of the two indigenous species, the only ones 

 which have been observed, dig themselves a cylindrical hole 

 in the ground, tolerably deep, employing for this purpose 

 their mandibles and feet. To fix it, they charge the top of 

 their head with the particles of earth which they have de- 

 tached, turn themselves round, climb by little and little, 

 repose at intervals, fastening themselves to the internal sides 

 of their habitation, with the assistance of the two mammellas 

 of their back, and when arrived at the orifice of the hole, 

 cast out their burden. In the moment when they are in 

 ambuscade, the plate of their head closes, exactly on a level 

 with the soil, the entrance of their cell. They seize their 



* Cicindela, 4-notata, Hist. Nat. des Coleop. d'Eur, I. 1.6. Euprosopm, 

 A-notatus. Dej. Spec. Jen. des. Coleop. I. p. 15. 



