. The popular natural history . Zoology. TIGER BEETLE. EIGHT-SPOT TIGER BEETLE.—[Cicind,la OCtonotata.') and though freely yielding to every movement, yet so marvellously jointed as ':o leave no vulnerable points even when in full action, and. in fine, such a suit of armour as no monarch ever possessed and no artist ever conceived. Even in its larval state the Tiger Beetle is a terror to other insects, snapping them up as they pass by its burrows and dragging them into the dark recesses of the earth to be devoured. Several American species inhabit trees, and are quite as destructive among the
. The popular natural history . Zoology. TIGER BEETLE. EIGHT-SPOT TIGER BEETLE.—[Cicind,la OCtonotata.') and though freely yielding to every movement, yet so marvellously jointed as ':o leave no vulnerable points even when in full action, and. in fine, such a suit of armour as no monarch ever possessed and no artist ever conceived. Even in its larval state the Tiger Beetle is a terror to other insects, snapping them up as they pass by its burrows and dragging them into the dark recesses of the earth to be devoured. Several American species inhabit trees, and are quite as destructive among the branches as their congeners upon the earth. The typical species which is represented in the illustration is the Eight-spot Tiger Beetle of India. The British Tiger Beetle is remarkable for exuding a powerful scent, much resembling the odour produced by a crushed verbena leaf. A VERY large and important of Beetles, the Carabidae, now comes before us, which is represented in England by very many species, the common GROUND BEETLES being familiar examples. A. \, P(\/S ^ ..,'- Of the typical genus of this family we take the Violet Ground Beetle (Carabus violactus) as an ex- ample. This fine Beetle is plentiful in this country, and may be found in gardens, gravel-pits, and similar localities. It is said to be especially common in the midland counties. The elytra are rather convex, and narrowed at the shoulder, and are finely granulated, ie., covered with minute rounded projections. They are black; but the margins are with a band of coppery or golden violet, sometimes warming into purple. The body is black beneath. The disc of the thorax is black, and the margins are violet ; and the head is black. The length of the beetle is about an inch. The members of this genus are almost wholly viot^t ground beetle. inhabitants of temperate climates ; and it has been KOnabus vw^aceu,.) stated that scarcely any species are to be found within thirty degrees from the equator on eith
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