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being rightly called respectively the prosternum, mesostenium, and 

 metasternum. The pro-thorax is quite free and never soldered to 

 the mesothorax : this is one of the leading characteristics of the 

 order. The pronotum is visible entirely from above, while the 



Fig. 5. — Underside of Cicindela campestris, male, a, antenna ; Ihr., anterior 

 margin of labrum ; nid., mandible ; mx. } maxilla; p.mx., maxillary palpus ; 

 m., m., mentum and tooth of mentum; p. I., labial palpus ; s.g., gular sutures ; 

 st 1 , prosternum; 6'/.,, mesosternum ; st 3 , metasternum ; eps x , eps 2 , eps s , 

 episterna of theprosternum, mesosternum, and metasternum ; rpm x , cpm.„ 

 epimera of the prosternum and mesosternum ; cpl., epipleura ; v 1 to v 7 , 

 ventral segments of abdomen ; j\ tedeagus. 



c v c 2 , c 3 , coxaj 

 /;-,, tr 2 , tr. A , troebanters 

 fi, fz, / 3 . femora 

 tib v tib 2 , tib z , tibiae 

 t,, f.„ /.,, tarsi 



of the front, middle, and 

 hind legs. 



(After Ganglbauer.) 



metanotum is entirely covered by the elytra: a small portion of: 

 the inesonotum is usually visible and this is known as the 

 scutellum. The prosternum, mesosternum, and metasternum bear 

 respectively the anterior, intermediate, and posterior pairs of legs, 



