!tHE SPARKLER, 
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Genus XXII. — Cicindela. The Sparklet". 
X HE porre&ed jaws afford an eafy mark to difcriminate 
the infers of this genus ; they are both armed with 
teeth ; the eyes of thefe animals form another ftriking 
peculiarity, being Angularly prominent ; the thorax is 
round, and margined f. 
Cicindela campeflris. This infe£l is one of the moll 
beautiful which this country affords. The whole upper 
parts of the body are green, tinged with blue ; under- 
neath is a mixture of yellow, red, and copper. The ely- 
tra are delicately marked, each with fmall white fpots. 
The infect, and its larvae, are found in fandy dry fixa- 
tions ; the latter refemble foft whitifh worms, and immerge 
themfelves into a perpendicular hole in the fand, with 
the head at the bottom, ready to catch the infefts that 
fall into it. Thefe animals are all rapacious, devouring 
whatever they can overcome +. 
f Syftema Nat. p. 677. f Barbut, p, 70, 
