ClCINDELIOE AND CARABID^ 37 



C'cindela cuprascens ssp. amnicola nov. Similar to cuprascens in 

 general form, but still a little more abbreviated, the elytral markings 

 similar but narrower and less embossed, the punctures strong and 

 close-set but not quite so coarse; color blackish, with feeble aeneous 

 lustre, the elytra paler and more cupreous-brown to greenish; elytra 

 with the sides parallel but less rectilinear than in the preceding, in the 

 female abruptly, strongly and rectangularly dentate at just behind apical 

 fifth, the combined elytra thence arcuately narrowing to the rounded 

 apex, the apices not produced. Length (cT 9 ) 10.0-11.7 mm.; width 

 3.4-4.0 mm. Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri. 



Distinct from cuprascens in its slightly more abbreviated form, 

 in sculpture and ornamentation. 



Cicindela mundula n. sp. Form nearly as in cuprascens and with 

 similar though narrower and scarcely at all embossed markings; head 

 and prothorax bright cupreo-seneous, with the hairs shorter and less 

 numerous, the elytra coppery-brown, less closely or coarsely punctate, 

 the subsutural line of foveae distinct ; labrum short, transverse, with a single 

 small acute tooth; prothorax (9) parallel, with rather arcuate sides, 

 nearly a fourth wider than long, the sulci rather feeble; elytra ( 9 ) as 

 in amnicola but slightly more elongate, the very abrupt sharp angulation 

 more posterior and at about apical sixth, the combined elytra thence 

 much more narrowed and lobiform, each apex more strongly rounded and 

 somewhat produced, with fine but strong serrulation. Length (9) 

 12. o mm.; width 4.0 mm. Mississippi (Vicksburg). 



The outline of the elytral apices induces me to treat this as a rather 

 important taxonomic form, though with a value that it is difficult 

 to define accurately with our present knowledge of the group. 



26 It is quite certain that chihuahua Bates now known in our 

 collections as micans Fabr. is specifically different from punctulata; 

 it is larger, more elongate, more coarsely sculptured and differs 

 constantly and very markedly in color; but in this case boulderensis 

 would also have to have the specific status, as it differs from both 

 in the obsolescent fovese of the subsutural line and in having the 

 punctures very fine suturally though strong laterally; it agrees 

 with punctulata in color but differs in its narrower and more elongate 

 form. 



29 The specimens in my collection serving to represent abdomi- 

 nalis do not fulfill the descriptions very well, being much smaller 

 and very deficient in white elytral spots, there being only an apical 

 lunule and a small discal spot representing the anterior end of the 

 middle band, and this is only to be seen in two out of the five 



