39 i THE sparkler- 



Genus XXII. — Cicindda. 'The Sparkler, 



JL HE porrefted jaws afford an eafy mark to difcrlmlnate 

 the infefts of this genus ; they are both armed with 

 teeth ; the eyes of thefe animals form another ftriking 

 peculiarity, being fmgularly prominent j the thorax is 

 round, and margined f . 



Cicindela campeftris. This infecl is one of the moft 

 beautiful which this country affords. The whole upper 

 parts of the body are green, tinged with blue ; under- 

 neath is a mixture of yellow, red, and copper. The ely- 

 tra are delicately marked, each with fmall white fpots. 

 The infecl, and its larvae, are found in fandy dry fitua- 

 ticns ; the latter refemble foft whitifli worms, and immerge 

 themfelves into a perpendicular hole in the fand, with 

 the head at the bottom, ready to catch the infedls that 

 fall into it, Thefe animals are all rapacious, devouring 

 whatever they can overcome %, 



f Syftema Nat. p. 657. \ Earbut, p. 70, 



