CICINDELI D.lii;. BRACH I N 1 D/E. 175 



ADDENDA ET CORRIGENDA. 



Page 6. Larva of CiciNDJiLA. With reference to the note on the eyes, the 

 Rev. W. Kirby observes, in a letter upon the subject, " I have again examined 

 my specimen of the larva of Cicindela, and I distinctly perceive eight eyes, 

 the two larger ones above the head, and the minute ones below ; the inner 

 minute one would easily be overlooked ; and as LatreiUe probably did not 

 examine it with a high power, which is necessary distinctly to perceive it, 

 it escaped his eye." For the correctness of the above I can vouch, by an 

 examination of the larva itself, which was kindly given to me by Mr. West- 

 wood, who obtained several specimens during the early part of last summer 

 from gravel-pits at Coombe-wood, and on Wimbledon-common. 



Page 8. CiciNDELA hybrida. A smaU specimen, measuring only 5^ lines in 

 length, and of a very convex form, was taken at Beaumaris, in North Wales, 

 in Jyne last : its colour and markings are, however, nearly the same as usual. 



Page 11. CiciNDELA germanica. '' Taken in plenty at Black-gang-chine, during 

 last July." — A. Cooper, Esq. R. A. " Near Reading." — Rev. C. S. Bird. 



Page 18. CiciNDELA aprica. Var. y. Of a beautiful rich coppery green above, 

 vpith the foveas and lunules as usual in form, but of a deep tawny ochraceous 

 hue, at first sight apparently obliterated. 



Lik^ the other Cicindelse, this has the humeral lunule frequently interrupted. 



This appears to be the common species on the north-western coasts, particularly 

 in those of Lancashire and Cheshire. I have now seen nearly 100 specimens: 

 it varies greatly. "One taken at Southend in April, 1827." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 



A specimen of this species stands in the Banksian cabinet as Ci. hybrida. 



Page 13. PoLisTicHus fasciolatus. " A single specimen taken in Ajjril, 1827, 

 mider a stone, at Marsden, in Northumberland, by Mr. Thornhill." — G. Wailes, 

 Esq. " Found in profusion, in April, 1828, beneath a heap of stones, on the 

 coast near Southwold, SuffoUc."— C. J. Hewitson, Esq., who obligingly fur- 

 nished me with a series of specimens. This does not appear to be a maritime 

 insect on the continent, as, according to De Jean, it occurs not uncommonly 

 near Paris. Mr. Hewitson's capture of this species, as well as the observa- 

 tions of the Rev. G. T. Rudd, upon Badister cephalotes, fully exemplify the 

 justness of my remarks in page 17, relative to the supposed rarity of particular 

 insects ; and the former paucity of the above species in collections tends to 

 show the great difficulty we experience in ascertaining the extent of the ento- 

 mological productions of any country, which is further illustrated by referring 

 to the labours of Duftschmid, Sturm, and others, wherein it will be observed 

 that very many of the species are described in their respective works upon 

 the knowledge of single specimens merely. 



Obs. In some of the early impressions of the figure of tliis insect, the left antenna 

 is represented with ten joints only. 



