WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST 
“ ENTOMA QUIDQUID AGENT NOSTRI EST FARRAGO LIBELLI.” 
No. 5.— Yol. 2.] SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 1863. [Price 2d. 
EXTRACTS FROM DONOVAN- 
“ CoLEOTTERA. 
Cicindela campestris 
Sparkler 
Generic Character. 
A STTEHM: taper. Jaws 
■ prominent, denticulated. Eyes 
prominent. Thorax margined, Five 
joints in each foot. 
Specieic Character. 
Above green gold, Beneath copper- 
tinged. Eyes large. Thorax angular 
and narrower than the head. Six 
spots on each shell. An oval sub- 
stance at the base of each thigh. Legs 
long and slender. 
This beautiful insect varies some- 
thing in size and color; the spots on 
the elytra are generally white, but 
are often found with spots of yellow ; 
. they fly or run quick, are carnivorous, 
and live in dry, sandy places. In the 
'Spring'its larva is found, which re- 
-sembles a long, soft, whitish worm, 
with six legs and a brown scaly head. 
It perforates the sand perpendicularly 
and rests near the surface to ensnare 
i insects. 
It is very difficult, if at all possible, 
to breed those insects, and observe 
their metamorphoses ; we have tried 
various methods, but have not yet 
been so fortunate as to succeed. 
Lucanus Cervus 
Stag Beetle. 
Generic Character. 
Antennae clavated, compressed, pec- 
tinato-fissile. Maxillae extended so 
as to resemble horns. Five joints in 
each foot. 
Specific Character. 
Head and thorax black. Shells dark 
brown. Horns resembling those of a 
stag, forked at the end, a small 
branch near the middle on the inside, 
moveable. Shells plain. 
The Stag-Beetle is the largest Cole- 
opterous insect we possess, but its 
size is insignificant when compared 
with those of the same kind that in- 
habit hot countries or woodlands, — 
as instanced in the Scaralccus Hercules 
Ol>C <V* ‘r "4” 
Coleopterous insects, in general, are 
endowed with amazing strength, and 
their arms are equally serviceable for 
the assault or defence. The antlers 
of this beetle are carefully to be avoi- 
ded by such as attempt to deprive it of 
liberty ; with them it strips off the 
bark of oak trees, and attaches itself 
firmly to the trunk, thence extracting 
the liquor that oozes, with its tongue. 
