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PLATE XII. 



CICINDELA CAMPESTRIS. 



Sparkler. 



coleoptera. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae taper. Jaws prominent, denticulated. Eyes prominent, 

 Thorax margined. Five joints in each foot. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Above green-gold. Beneath copper tinged. Eyes large. Thorax 

 angular and narrower than the head. Six fpots on each fhell. An 

 oval fubftance at the bafe of each thigh. Legs long and llender. 



This beautiful infe<a varies fomething in fize and colour, the fpots 

 on the elytra are generally white, but are often found with fpots of 

 yellow ; they fly or run quick, are carnivorous, and live in dry fandy 

 places. In the fpring its larva is found, which refembles a long, foft, 

 whitifh worm, with fix legs and a brown fcaly head j it perforates 

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