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compositus C. 



TEMPERATUS C. farctus C. 



difficilis C. brevis C. 



mariposcE C. MARGINALIS C. 



sparsellus C. . 



SUBSERICEUS C. 



COLLARIS C. TULARENSIS C. 



erraticus C. gracilior C. 



trapezicollis C. opacellus C. 



antennalis C. remissus C. 



HORNI Lee. L^VIS G. H. H. 

 punctatus C. peropacus C. 



propinquus C. 



asperulus C. s & Le P tomus Cs V- 



sinuosus C. SUBMETALLICUS G. H. H. 

 granosus C. 



The position assigned xanti above is doubtful. The locality of 

 xanti in the southern coast mountains shows that it certainly 

 cannot be the same as californicus, and the probabilities are that 

 it does not belong to the same group of the subgenus. 



Cicindela Linn. 



The true and typical longilabris of Say, is the broader form occur- 

 ring about Lake Superior and probably thence to the eastward in 

 more or less pronounced color modifications. The Rocky Mountain 

 forms are different and of brighter shades of bronze and green. 

 The black forms, from more northern regions as a rule, constitute a 

 different subgroup and include several distinct species, some, such 

 as spissitarsis, having unique characters. 



The purpurea group comprises, so far as known, these eight 

 distinct species: purpurea, with subspecies or varieties splendida, 

 graminea, ardelio, inducta, auduboni and augumlis; limbalis, with 

 transversa, amcena, awemeana and eldorensis as subordinate forms; 

 ludoviciana; lauta, with subordinates franciscana and mirabilis; 

 decemnotata, with subspecies albertina; cimarrona ; denverensis, with 

 subspecies pugetana, parallelonota, oreada and conquisita and sierra. 

 This last species was attached by Mr. Leng to the tranquebarica 

 group, but it is at least an annectent form in the direction of the 

 purpurea group, and I should prefer to place it there. There can 

 be but little doubt that ludoviciana Leng is also a distinct species 

 and not a variety, the hind body is shorter and broader than in 

 any other form of the purpurea group, the outline in fact being 



