5 ° Hiftory of A N I M A L S. 
CICINDELA. 
nr^HE antennas of the Cicindela are flender, oblong, and fetaceous j the jaws are 
JL piomioent <a.nd dentated $ the tnorax is of a roundifh, but fomewhat angulated 
figure. 6 3 
Cicindela fupra viridis elytris punEUs decern albis variegatis . 
ddhe green Cicindela 5 with ten white fpots on the exterior wings • 
"Tins is one of the moft elegant and beautiful Xnfedts of this clafs: it’s whole 
upper furface glows with a rich gilded tinge among the green, which is itfelf an 
elegant colour, but with this addition flrikes the eye in a very uncommon manner ; the 
exterior wings ate fmooth, glofly, and of this high colour, variegated with ten white 
fpots, fome of them roundifh, fome oblong, and one of a lunated figure, and the ex¬ 
tremities of thefe wings are alfo white : the thorax is narrow, roundifh, ’and of a very 
ffrong gieen ; me head is fmall, depiefled, and finely tinged with the gold colour t 
the eyes are black and prominent; the mouth alfo is prominent, and the upper lip is 
obtuie and white : the upper jaws are prominent, and have feveral flrong teeth in 
them ; the lower are only furnifhed with one tooth, and that at the extremity : there 
are two pair of antennas, the one confifting only of two joints each, the other of four: 
the legs are very long and very flender, and there is a kind of hard, oval body at the 
bafe of the thighs: the longer antennae are compofed of ten joints, and are fomewhat 
fhorter than the body. 
It is common in our paflures in fpring ; it runs and flies very fwiftly. Ray calls it 
Scarabaeus viridis decern maculis albis. 
Cicindela cenea elytris punEUs latis excavatis. 
The hrajfy Cicindela , with broad excavated fpots on the wings . 
This is another very beautiful, though fmall, fpecies: it’s colour is a fine, glofly, me¬ 
talline-yellow, with fome little admixture of green : it’s eyes are black and prominent; 
it s thorax is narrow and rounded : the exterior wings are ornamented with a number 
of broad excavated fpots, in the center of each of which there is a prominent point; 
thefe excavated fpots are connected into feries, by a longitudinal elevated line of a 
deep black : the bottoms of them are of a fine brafly-yellow 5 and, as the reft of the 
wings is green, it is a very lingular and very beautiful colour, that is produced 
by the mixture. 
It is common with us about the banks of rivers, where it runs along the wet fand 
very nimbly. Lifter calls it Scarabasus parvus inauratus. 
Cicindela elytris viridi- crerulefcentibus abdornine fulvo. 
Yhe Cicindela 3 with the exterior wings of a bluifh-green, and the belly 
yellow. 
The body of tips fpecies approaches to an oval figure; the head, the thorax, the an¬ 
tennae, and the legs are all black : the belly is of a tawny colour, and is yellowed to¬ 
ward the hinder part: the exterior wings are of a very lingular blue-green colour, and 
are variegated with hollow fpots : the antennae are flender, and confifi: of ten joints. 
It is frequent in the woods about Hampftead. 
The other fpecies of Cicindela are, i. The common oblong Cicindela. 2. The 
larger, fhorter-bodied Cicindela. 3. The black Cicindela, with fix white fpots, and 
a white tranfverfe line on each of the exterior wings. 4. The black Cicindela, with a 
reddifli thorax, and with bluifh-black exterior wings. 5. The Cincidela, with a 
green thorax, and with the exterior wings ferrugineous toward the top, and of a 
bluifh-black below. 
BUPRESTIS. 
^ H E antennas of the Bupreflis are flender and fetaceous, and the head is half 
buried in the thorax, which is of a fubcylindric figure, 
Bupreflis 
