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Cicindela limbalis ssp. awemeana nov. Smaller than limbalis and 

 with shorter hind body, the upper surface generally intense purplish-red, 

 sometimes however without the purplish tinge but always brighter than 

 in limbalis, the thoracic sulci and marginal streak and vitta behind the 

 eyes blue as in limbalis, the elytral side margins purplish-blue to green; 

 under surface dark blue to bluish-green; elytral maculation nearly as 

 in limbalis, except that the apical lunule is frequently entire. Length 

 (cf 9 ) 11.5-12.5 mm.; width 4.8-5.2 mm. Canada (Aweme, Manitoba), 

 -Criddle. 



The under surface and legs are more hairy than in limbalis. 



Cicindela limbalis ssp. eldorensis nov. Much narrower than the 

 preceding, but otherwise nearly similar in coloration and sculpture, the 

 sutura! beading still more vividly green; under surface variegated with 

 blue, coppery and green, the pubescence toward the sides and on the legs 

 much less developed and resembling limbalis proper. Length (cf 1 ) 

 12.5 mm.; width 4.65 mm. Colorado (Eldora). 



Distinguishable from limbalis by the smaller size and especially 

 the more slender outline, and inhabiting a different faunal region. 

 It is narrower than awemeana and less pubescent beneath and on the 

 femora. 



Lauta Csy., is the west coast representative of the true eastern 

 purpurea and these both differ from any of the Rocky Mountain 

 forms. Not one of my eight representatives of lauta has the faintesl 

 trace of any pale maculation at or near the humeri, which is also 

 the case with the true purpurea, and the hind body in both is of 

 much shorter, more subquadrate outline. The following is a very 

 interesting subspecies of lauta, being the smallest member of the 

 purpurea group: 



Cicindela lauta ssp. franciscana nov. Resembles lauta in its uniform 

 vivid sericeous green color, the under surface intense shining blue; head 

 larger, being wider than the prothorax, the latter much smaller, somewhat 

 less transverse and more strongly obtrapezoidal, the sulci, as well as 

 the very broad lateral margins of the elytra, deep violet-blue, the markings 

 similar, consisting of a very small transverse dash near the apical angles 

 and a median band, but here the latter is not inwardly bent posteriorly 

 but is transverse and confined to the median part of the disk; elytra 

 shorter, together less than a third longer than wide. Length (cf) 

 10.5 mm.; width 4.4 mm. California (locality unrecorded). 



The general coloration is a little more obscure than in lauta and 



the outline of the body and form of the median fascia very different. 



The following is a distinct development of the decemnotata type: 



