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Either this and the preceding should be regarded as distinct 

 species or all the forms in the true tranquebarica subgroup should 

 be placed as subspecies and varieties of the latter; I hold strongly 

 to the first view. 



In the repanda group the following is a rather well marked relative 

 of ancocisconensis: 



Cicindela ancocisconensis ssp. dowiana nov. Similar to ancocisco- 

 nensis in general facies but a little larger and more elongate, rather 

 smoother and of a paler brown color; prothorax not quite so transverse 

 but similarly nearly as wide as the head; elytra larger and longer, the fine 

 punctures much less close-set, the rather fine pale maculation similar, 

 except that the humeral lunule is notably longer; tarsi similarly rather 

 short. Length (9 ) 14.0 mm.; width 5.3 mm. New York (De Bruce), 

 R. P. Dow. 



This form can be distinguished at once from typical ancocisconen- 

 sis on direct comparison ; my series of the latter is very homogeneous 

 and is from North Carolina (Asheville) and Buffalo, N. Y. 



Having now at hand a topotype of apicalis of the togata group, 

 from Kackley, Ks., perfectly matched by another from Lincoln, 

 Neb., I am able to compare the three described forms more in- 

 telligibly. Togata and apicalis have the same slender outline, but 

 in the former the apical elytral spine of the female is very far 

 retracted, projecting from the sutural margin far from the tip; in 

 apicalis this spine is nearly but not quite at the apex and it differs 

 furthermore from togata, in having the short projection at the 

 position of the median band more acutely angulate, its anterior 

 slope more rectilinearly oblique and the reentrant angle behind the 

 humeral part more acute. In globicollis the body is shorter, the 

 elytra relatively more inflated posteriorly and the elytral markings 

 almost exactly as in togata, but the elytral spine is nearly at the 

 apex as in apicalis; the prothorax differs from either in being more 

 inflated at the median part of the sides. It is probable that both 

 apicalis and globicollis should be considered subspecies of togata, 

 in spite of the markedly different position of the apical spine of the 

 elytra in togata. 



The following is a distinct species of the togata group: 



Cicindela fascinans n. sp. Nearly similar in outline to globicollis, 

 rather bright coppery-brown, the head throughout with short decumbent 

 stout white hairs, notably close-set and even, the prothorax with slightly 

 longer and less close-set Hairs of the same kind, the under surface green 



