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CICINDELA SYLVICOLA. 
Order Coleoptera. Fam. Cicindelidse Lat,, Leach. 
Type of the Genus CIcindela campestris Linn. 
Cicindela Linn., Fab., Marsh., Sowerby, Don., Lat Dej Gyll., Steph. 
a Antennee inserted before the eyes, near the basal angles of the la- 
brum 5 filiform, pubescent, excepting the 4 basal joints, 1 1 -jointed 3 1st 
joint robust obovate 3 2nd minute, 3rd slender, much the longest 3 4th 
longer and more slender than the following which are rather stouter 
and truncated, slightly decreasing in length to the apex (fig. 6). 
Labrum large, exserted, often transverse, subtrigonate, sides parallel, 
anterior margin sinuated, slightly acuminated in the centre and pro- 
ducing a few bristles (1). 
Mandibles long and powerful, curved, very acute, producing 4 strong 
teeth on the internal side, the basal one bifid and partially clothed 
with thick pubescence (2). 
Maxilla: rather short and broad, the apex terminated by an articulated 
claw, the internal edge ciliated with several rows of rigid bristles. 
Palpi , internal rather longer than the maxilla, biarticulate, basal joint 
the longest, clavate 3 2nd curved, subclavate, truncate : external long, 
4-jointed, basal joint small, 2nd very long and robust, 3rd and 4th 
nearly of equal length, clavate (3). 
Mentum moderately large, transverse, anterior angles rounded, very 
deeply emarginate, forming 2 lateral lobes acuminated at their apex 3 
a very strong tooth in the centre extending as far as the margin of 
the mentum. Palpi 4-jointed, as long as the maxillary 3 basal joint 
or scape short, 2nd small cup-shaped, 3rd very long, robust and pi- 
lose, 4th not more than half the length, slender and clavate (4). Lip 
very small, horny, concealed by the mentum. 
Head broad, flat on the crown. Eyes prominent. Thorax subquadrate, fre- 
quently not so broad as the head. Scutellum minute. Coleoptra much 
broader than the thorax . Wings ample. Legs long, anterior the most 
robust in the males , posterior the longest. Trochanters very short . Tibiae 
never emarginate , spurred at the apex. Tarsi long, slender , 5 -jointed, 
the 3 first joints very much dilated and cushioned beneath in the males. 
Claws small. Puivilli none (5, fore leg of a male). 
Sylvicola Meg., Lat. et Dej. Icon. p. 51. n. 10. — C. hybrida Duft. 
Above green tinged with purple, beneath metallic, green and blue. 
Head and thorax very finely punctured, elytra shagreen ed, with cream- 
coloured interrupted lunular marks at the shoulders and apex, and an 
abbreviated sinuated fascia in the middle. First 4 joints of antennae 
shining green, the remainder velvety, black. Legs and underside 
clothed with white hairs. 
In the Cabinets of Mr. Stephens and Mr. Dale. 
3 The reader will please to observe, that throughout the work, the dissections will be 
made from the insect established as the type of the gepus, unless stated to the contrary ; 
and the figures occurring in the descriptions will relate to the same figures in the plates. 
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