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VOL. II. BROOKLYN, JUNE. 1879. NO. 2 . 



List of the 



described coleopterous larvae of the United States 



with some remarks on their classification. 



BY F. G. SCHAUPP. 



Cincindela repanda, Dej. Dr. Horn 1. c, p. 35. Color yel- 

 lowish white, head piceous, thorax slightly bronzed. Length 16.5 

 mm. Eyes and spiracles same as in Tetracha. 



Cicindela splendida, Hentz. Riley, report U. S. Ent. Com- 

 mission 1877 gives p. 314 a figure of the larva and of the enlarged 

 head. 



Just as this was going into print, 1 succeeded in securing a number of larvae 

 of different species of Cicindela, an account of which will be given in our 

 next number. 



CARABID^. 



The carabidous larvae are very active, of an elongated form, they 

 resemble each other and agree in their principal characters. 



By the two claws on their feet they are easily distinguished 

 from other ground larvae. 



The head is horizontal, elongate, flat above and slightly convex 

 beneath; they have six ocelli (eyes) on each side; antennae fili- 

 form, four jointed : the mouth of all carabidous larvae (carnivorous 

 as well as herbivagous) is only fitted for sucking; the mandibles 

 are sharp, projecting. They have nine abdominal segments, and 

 nine stigmata, the first beneath the mesothoracic scute, the last on 

 the penultimate segment. 



