162 - NATURAL HISTORY. 
CICINDELA. CAMPESTRIS.—FIELD, 
, SPARKLER, : 
Tae field fparkler is one of our moft beautiful in- 
fects. The upper part of its body is rough, and of a 
fine green, tinged with blue. “The under fide, legs 
and horns, are of a‘fhot colour, gold anda red, in- 
clining to the. copper hue. The eyes, being promi- 
nent, give the head abroad appearance. ‘Lhe breaft, 
is pointed, and narrower than the head ; which char- 
acterizes, the. cicindela. ‘Like the head, the breaft.is 
rough ; and of a green colour, tinged with gold. 
‘The elytra are delicately and irregularly dotted, with 
fix white fpots.on each. ‘This infect runs with great 
{wiftnefs, and flies with facility... Atthe beginning of, 
ipring, it is found in dry, aNa® places, where its lar- 
vz alfoinhabit.. Thefe are a long, foft, whitifh worm, 
with fix legs, and a fcaly head. i hey make a. per- 
pendicular. hole in the ground, at the entrance of, 
which they, keep their head, to catch other infeéts 
which fall init. A fpot of ground is fometimes en-» 
tirely perforated in this manner. \— ° saibaiiiy ee 
The perfeét infects of this genus are moftly fo very 
beautiful, as to merit the attention of the curious in 
microfcopic obfervations, as well as in natural re- 
fearches ; for {ome are minute, though not inferior in 
Yplendor to the larger; which renders them proper 
objects for the delightfui amufement of the magnify - 
ing glafs. And-here it may be proper to cbferve, 
that living objects are always to be preterred to thofe 
which are dead, by. the’ enquirer. into the produce of 
nature. ‘The perfect infects of this genus are, like 
their larve, perfect tigers in their difpofition for prey, 
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which they attack and -deftroy, with every effort in © 
their power. 
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