. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. abdominal segment; these correspond,apparently, to the two larval hooks before referred to. The roughfigure of the larva of G. campestris given byWestwood (Mod. Classif. Insects, i, p. 48, pi. i,fig. 7) gives a better idea of the general con-formation and habit of a Cicindela larva thanthe more elaborate figure of Schiodte. It ismuch to be hoped that observers of the groupwill pay more attention to life-histories andhabits than to simple collecting, as a goodobservation and note is much more valuablethan a good valuab
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. abdominal segment; these correspond,apparently, to the two larval hooks before referred to. The roughfigure of the larva of G. campestris given byWestwood (Mod. Classif. Insects, i, p. 48, pi. i,fig. 7) gives a better idea of the general con-formation and habit of a Cicindela larva thanthe more elaborate figure of Schiodte. It ismuch to be hoped that observers of the groupwill pay more attention to life-histories andhabits than to simple collecting, as a goodobservation and note is much more valuablethan a good valuable paper, On the Life-Histories and Larval Habits ofthe Tiger Beetles, by Victor E. Shelford, has recently appearedin the Journal of the Linnean Society (vol. xxx, March 1908,pp. 157-182, pis. 23-26). Mr. Shelf ord has taken great pains inrearing several species taken near Chicago, and has paid particularattention to the life-history of Cicindela purpurea, 01. As hispaper is not generally available it may be well to quote some ofthe chief points which he Fig. 142.—Lnrva of Cic in del a h ybr Ida.(After Schiodte).
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