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NATURAL HISTORY. 2647" 
ELATER SANGUINEUS,—~BLOOD , 
COLOURED SKIPPER, — 
"Tue breaft of this infect ends, underneath, ina 
long point, or {pine, which enters, as if with a fpring, 
info a cavity in the upper part of the under fide, of 
the thorax. By this admirable conftruction, the 
{kipper 1s enabled, when upon its back, to leap in the 
air, and, thus, alight on its-feet. It varies in fize;° 
and, when young, the elytra are of a beautiful red; 
but in a few days they lofe this fplendid hue, which 
is then changed to pol:fhed black ; and, when viewed 
through a microfcope, to nearly a chefnut colour. 
The breaft is glittering, and appears with dark 
down, interfperfed with fome black hairs. The fe- 
male is biack, and marked with {pots of a deeper die, 
occafioned by a’ velyet down, lying in tufts, which 
are only to be diftinguifhed by tlie glafs. 
The larve are found in the trunks of decayed trees, 
where they are transformed into perfect infeéts, 
which flutter upon flowers, wander over fields, and : 
conceal themfelves in thickets, or under the bark of 
trees. > ' 
KOH DIO—— 
GENUS XXII. : 
CICINDELA, 
CHARACTER. ally 
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HE horns are briftly ; the jaws porrefted and 
armed with teeth ; the eyes are prominent; and the 
breaft is rather round and margined. . 
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