486 THE INSECT WORLD. 
The innumerable tribe of Harpalide contains carnivorous beetles 
of very small size, sometimes of a bronze-green, sometimes black, 
either dull or shining, and which render great service to our 
gardens. Hidden under stones, in dry leaves, at the foot of 
trees, they attack a number of small insects, caterpillars, mille- — 
pedes, &c., and thus exterminate a quantity of vermin. The 
Harpalus eneus (Fig. 517), which is seen shining in the midst 
of the paving stones, like a little bronze plate, is found everywhere. 



Fig. 517. 
g. 518. : Fig. 519. 
Harpalus eneus. Larva of Galerita Lecontei. Galerita Lecontei. 
The Galeritas (Figs. 518 and 519) are distinguished by their 
antenne, which are thick at the base; they exhale a very strong 
odour : nearly all are peculiar to America. One of the most curious 
insects of this tribe is the Mormolyce phyllodes of Java (Fig. 020) 
whose elytra project in such a manner as to give it the appear- 
ance of a leaf. It lives under bark. The larva and the pupa 
(Fig. 521) resemble those of other genera of which we have been 
speaking. 
The next great family of the tribe of carnivorous beetles is 
composed of the Cicindelide—slender insects, with large promi- 
