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NATURAL HISTORY OF 
This insect is of frequent occurrence in all the 
middle and southern countries of Europe, but it be- 
comes scarce in the north. Few instances are re- 
corded of its having been observed in Britain, and 
an indigenous specimen is consequently regarded 
as a valuable acquisition by collectors. Mr Kirby 
mentions that one was taken at Aldborough in Suf- 
folk, by Dr Crabbe, the celebrated poet ; another 
by a young lady at Southwold, which is now in the 
cabinet of W. J. Hooker, Esq. ; and a third by a 
boy at Norwich, crawling up a wall, which was pur- 
chased of him by S. Wilkin, Esq. 
ELAPHRUS RIPARIUS. 
PLATE III. Fig. 2. 
Cicindela riparia, Linn. — Donovan V British Insects , vol. ix. 
p. 301. 
The above figure represents this beautiful insect 
as it appears under a very high magnifier. The 
colour of the body is brassy green, with coppery re- 
flections. The head and thorax are very thickly 
punctured, and the latter has a short deep groove 
in the middle. The elytra are very thickly covered 
with minute punctures, and each is ornamented with 
four rows of rounded spots, rather faintly marked, 
which are purple in the centre, and surrounded with 
a ring of a metallic lustre. The spaces between these 
ocellated spots are very little elevated, except one 
