NATURAL HISTORY. gir 
the black Mordella with the cafes of the wings red at their extremi» 
tes: the brown opake Mordella with the cafes of the wings fpeckled ¢ 
the iron grey brown Mordella, with the brea deprefled on the fore 
Part: the Mordella with the joints of a little longillr fhape, except 
that at the end, which is perfeétly round. 
_ Lhe Cicindela has feelers like threads or briftles,. prominent dentated: 
Jaws, and a roundifh breaft, though fomewhat angular: the Green 
eetle with ten white {pots of Ray is a Cicindela, and is a very beauti+ 
ful infe@ ; the upper furface of the body fhining, and variegated with 
8reen and gold: the cafes of the wings are {mooth, gloily, of the’ 
fame colour, and marked with ten white {pots, fome of which are rounds 
th, fome oblong, and one in the figure of a half moon; likewife the 
€xtremities of thefe cafes are white x the breaft-is narrow, roundifh;, 
and of a deep: green; the head is fmall, depreffed, and finely tinged’ 
With gold colour: the eyes are black and prominent as well as the 
Mouth, and the upper lip is blunt and white: the upper jaws are alfo 
Prominent, and have feveral ftrong teeth therein; but the lower has 
Only one tooth, and that at the extremity: there are two pair of feel- 
ets, one of which confilts only of two joints, and the other of ten: the’ 
@s are very long and flender, and there is a kind of hard oval fub» 
ance at the bafe of the thighs. It is common in pafture ground itv 
€ fpring, and runs and flies very fwiftly. ( 
‘The fmall gilded Beetie is a fmall fpecies, and its colour is fine and 
Slofly, refembling a yellow metal with a little mixture of green: | 
‘he eyes are black and prominent, the breaft narrow and rounded 5: 
and the cafes of the wings are adorned with many broad hollow fpecks 
1 the centre of each of which there is a prominent point: thefe hol 
w {pecks are placed in rows, and are a deep black s-but their bottoms: 
8re of a fine metalline yellow. Upon the whole it is a very beautiful 
infe&, and may be eafily found on the banks of rivers. 
The Cicindela with the cafes of the wings of a blueifh green, and a’ 
Yellow belly: the body is nearly of an oval fhape, and the heady. 
brealt, feelers and legs, are all black: the belly is of a yellowifh taws 
Ry colour, and the cafes of the wings of a blue’green, variegated with: 
Sollow fpecks: the feelers are flender, and coniifts of ten joints: this 
infe@ is common in the woods. 
The black Gicindela with the cafés of the wings marked with fiz 
Ite {fpots, and a white ftreak. It is found in the’woods, and runs: 
and flies very fwiftly. It is quite black, except the wings, marked as 
above, and the thighs and feet are long, flender, and a little hairy. 
Lhe black Cicindela:with-a red breaft, and blackith blue cafes of the 
Wings: this infect has black feelers, of the length of the body, and 
the head and feet are of the fame colour; but the breatt is of a-reddiflt: 
“rown and the cafes of the wings black, with a blueiflycaft, marked’ 
With very {mall points: the. belly is yellow behind, and obleng and 
Trow, : ; 
The Cicindela with blueifh cafes of the wings, and the belly of a fal 
low colour. It is: found at the bottoms of mountains, and in fhady 
Places, and is of the fame fhape as the former: the head, brealt, feet; 
8nd feelers ‘are black, and the belly, near the feet, is of a fallow colour, 
‘ut the cafes of the wings are of a fhining blue,. marked -with hollow 
Points, and the feelers confilt. of fix joints. a 
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