GLASS I. INSECTA: ORDEE 1. COLEOPTEEA. 
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LARVA OF THE CICINDBLA CAMPESTRIS SEIZING ITS PREY. 
from their fiminently predaceous propensities, are more diurnal in tiaeir habits than the rest of 
the tribe. They are usually green or gray, with a brassy or bronzed 
tint, with whitish or brindled spots or lines, giving them an elegant ap- 
pearance. The common European species, Cicindela campestris, may 
be found flying and running about with great agility in the hottest 
sunshine. This insect is of a beautiful green color, with whitish spots ; 
and its mouth is armed with a most formidable pair of sharp, toothed 
jaws. The larvse are of a singular form; they live in holes in the 
ground, maintaining themselves by means of a pair of hooks placed on 
the enlarged eighth segment of their body, at such a height that their 
heads exactly occupy the mouth of the hole. Here they lie in wait for 
their prey, which consists of other larvse, and the moment one of these 
approaches their den, they rush upon it with the greatest ferocity, and bear it off in their jaws. 
CICINDELA CAMPESTRIS AND 
LARVA. 
THE GOLDEN CARABUS AND THE COCK-CHAPEB. 
Numerous species of Cicindela are found in the United States. The Common Cicindel, C. vul- 
garis, is half an inch long, and appears in spring until June, and again in August. The Purple 
