WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST- 
“ ENTOMA aUIDQTJID AGTJNT NOSTIU EST FARRAGO LIKELLI.” 
Jo. 12.— Yol. 2.] SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1863. [Price 2d. 
NOTES FROM LACORDAIRE. 
No. II. 
shall now proceed to some 
'* ^ notes on the tribes contained 
•ii the family Cicindeletes . As it is 
i ecessary to abridge as much as pos- 
i ible here, we shall not insert M. 
jacordaire’s detailed descriptions, as 
ime idea of tbe structure of each 
ray be gained from the tabulation 
iven last week. We shall however 
enerally notice one or two points, 
nd our extracts from the interesting 
amarks on the distribution, habits 
the, of each tribe and genus will nec- 
essarily be very brief. The whole 
r r ork is however full of such notes 
rad is one of the most singularly 
i ;adable of its kind that we ever saw. 
Tribe 1. Manticorides. 
# * * * “ The three first joints of 
: to anterior tarsi are sometimes sim- 
ile in both sexes, — sometimes dilated 
u the males. There are never any 
ings under the elytra. 
* * * * * These insects have 
■ aither the power of flying nor the 
’ight clothing which characterises 
ost of the species of this family, 
hey are all of a hi"- * 1 * - or more rarely 
of a uniform testaceous color. Their 
geographical distribution is remark- 
able ; out of the five genera which 
form the tribe two are confined to 
Southern Africa, — the three others to 
North America.” 
The tribe Manticorides consists of 
five genera, — Manticora, Platychile, 
Amlhycheila, Omus, Dromochorus. 
Genus Manticora. 
* * * Elytra soldered together. 
Tarsi simple in both sexes. 
* * * * * This genus is peculiar 
to Southern Africa and comprises the 
largest species of the family. These 
insects are quite black, of very robust 
form, and have, at first sight, a cer- 
tain resemblance to the large spiders 
of the genus Mygale to which they 
have often been compared. Travellers 
inform us that they are found running 
rapidly in sandy places. Only one 
species (M. tuberculata ) has been 
known for any length of time, but 
lately four others have been described 
All, except the typical species, are 
very rare in collections. 
Genus Platyciiit/e. 
* *•* * Elytra slightly convex, 
not soldered together. The three first 
joints of the fore tarsi dilated in the 
male. 
