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sculpture, in having the palpi entirely black, the second joint of 

 the labial being very pale straw-yellow in denverensis, in the less 

 evident pubescence of the under surface and in having the long 

 white coarse hairs along the external sides of the tibiae very dense 

 and conspicuous; in denverensis there are only very sparse erect 

 white bristles along the tibiae. 



Cicindela parallelonota n. sp. Body nearly as in the preceding, 

 alutaceous and bright green, with blue reflection by oblique light through- 

 out above, more shining and greenish-blue beneath, the legs metallic 

 green; head (9 ) loosely pubescent throughout, the occiput glabrous, the 

 frontal convexity more densely pubescent; labrum as in the preceding 

 but with the median lobe rather less prominent, though even more 

 sharply tridentate; prothorax shorter and broader, transverse, narrower 

 than the head, similarly sculptured and with deep transverse impressions; 

 elytra nearly similar in form and proportion, very gradually smoother, 

 bluer and more shining toward the sides, with not very close-set but 

 sharply granuliferous moderate punctures uniformly distributed through- 

 out, the type with a slender but complete humeral lunule, a broader 

 complete apical lunule, which is broadly dilated and inflexed anteriorly 

 and, at the middle of the length between the median line and lateral 

 sixth, a broad transversely parallelogramic isolated white spot; under 

 surface with long coarse and rather sparse white hairs laterally; tibiae 

 with sparse erect white hairs; palpi black throughout. Length (9) 

 1 1. 8 mm.; width 4.7 mm. Nevada (Las Vegas), Spalding. 



The three species denverensis, pugetana and parallelonota, form a 

 very well defined group of the genus, not very closely allied to any 

 other but includable within the limits of the purpurea group; they 

 are all distinctly isolated and are apparently true species. Sierra 

 Leng also seems to be assignable to this denverensis group. 



I have recently received a specimen of albertina taken by Prof. 

 L. Bruner at Worland, Wyoming. It does not differ from the 

 Alberta types. It is quite distinct in appearance from decemnotata. 



The three following forms belong to the tranquebarica group. 

 I will describe them as species, for they are all distinctly different 

 from any heretofore published, but will designate their closest 

 allies. 



Cicindela wichitana n. sp. Body rather small in size and of stout 

 abbreviated, moderately convex form, dull in lustre and dark coppery- 

 brown to obscure green throughout above, the elytra a little brighter 

 greenish or coppery laterally and the bottoms of the pronotal sulci 

 finely blue; under surface bluish-green, the prosternal side-pieces coppery; 

 head and eyes moderately developed, sparsely pubescent, densely on the 

 frontal umbo; labrum rather short, the median lobe acutely tridentate; 



