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general peculiar to tropical America, 
as six of the other genera, (including 
Odontocheila,') are found there only. 
The rest are limited in their range 
to South Africa, Madagascar, and 
Australia. 
Most of the beetles, comprising 
the tribe Oicindeletcs are of gay co- 
lours, and many are very metallic — 
as, for instance, the species of Ircsia 
and Oosmema, and part of Odonto- 
cheila and Gicmdela. They appear 
generally to inhabit woods, though 
theliabits of th eCicindelce are various. 
“ Some are found in sandy places, 
far removed from water, others ex- 
clusively upon the shores of rivers, 
or the sea, some inhabit forests 
solely, and a certain class are con- 
fined to grassy places, overgrown 
with low plants.* * * * * 
The fifth and last tribe of tjiis 
family — the Ctenostomides — consists 
of only twenty-six species, according 
to M. Lacordaire divided into four 
genera : one of which — Pognostoma, 
contains fourteen of them. The ge- 
nera ar e,—Pogonostoma, Procephalus, 
Ctenostoma, Myrmecilla. The species 
of the first genus appear to be con- 
fined to Madagascar, are of a uni- 
form blue or blackish color, run 
rapidly upon the leaves of trees, and 
fly with ease. The three other 
genera inhabit tropical America. 
The species of Proccphalus “ are 
very rare insects in collections.” As 
the habits of the genera seem simi- 
lar, we extract M, Lacordaire’ s re- 
marks on Ctenostoma. “ Their wings 
are somewhat imperfectly developed, 
In fact, I have never seen them fly 
at Brazil, where I have observed 
them in numbers ; they are often 
found running with the greatest ra* 
pidity during the heat of the day, 
upon the trunks of trees, and some- 
times upon palings round planta- 
tions.” 
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