. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. e wingsare rudimentary and the elytrasoldered together ; in tropicalcountries, however, there aremany arboreal genera, whichfreely make use of their in the larval and theperfect state they are car-nivorous and predaceous. Afew species have been foundeating the young seeds onthe heads of Umbel! if erteor Composite*?, or feeding ongrowing corn (Harpalus andFig. 24.— Carahus cashmirensis. Zabrus), and Harpalus rufi- cornis has been recorded asdoing extensive damage to strawberries. The larva) of the Carabid^e are, as a
. Coleoptera : general introduction and Cicindelidae and Paussidae. e wingsare rudimentary and the elytrasoldered together ; in tropicalcountries, however, there aremany arboreal genera, whichfreely make use of their in the larval and theperfect state they are car-nivorous and predaceous. Afew species have been foundeating the young seeds onthe heads of Umbel! if erteor Composite*?, or feeding ongrowing corn (Harpalus andFig. 24.— Carahus cashmirensis. Zabrus), and Harpalus rufi- cornis has been recorded asdoing extensive damage to strawberries. The larva) of the Carabid^e are, as a rule, easily recognisable ;they are, for the most part, elongate and very active, and may bechiefly known by the fact that the tarsi end in two claws, by theirexserted strong and sharp calliper-like mandibles, and by the pairof cerci and the anal appendage at the end of the abdomen ; theselatter being very variable. Several of these larvae will be foundbeautifully figured by Schiodte in his classical work, DeMetamorphosi Eleutheratorum Observations (Part iii).. CAItABIDvE. 55 With regard to the
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