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FAMILY I. CICINDELin.K. 



('. loiHjilabris Say probably occurs sparingly in the northern 

 third of the State, as its range includes Michigan and Wisconsin. 



3 (19e). CICINDELA SCUTELLARIS LEcoNTEi Hald., Proc. Phil. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. VI, 1853, 301. 



Elytra purplish or coppery bronze with apical lunule. one or 

 two marginal spots and sometimes with a humeral spot, these 

 rarelv confluent. Front hairy in male, nearly bald in female. 



Fig. 11. 



Femora, flanks of thorax and front and middle cox;e rather dense- 

 (AfterLeng ) ly clothed with long white hair. Length VI mm. (Fig. 11.) 



This handsome variety of the western species scutellaris has so 

 far been taken only in Lake and Porter counties, and is probably 

 confined to the sandy areas of the northwestern portion of the State. 

 Where found it is frequent in open sandy spots and along- sandy 

 pathways, usually distant from water. April 21 September 9. 



Fig. 12. 



Fig. 13. 



Fig. 14. 

 (After Wk'kluun.) 



Fig. 15. 



Fi^. loa. 



4 (24). CICINDELA SEXciUTTATA Fab.. Syst. Enl., 177r>. L'l'C.. 



Bright green aboye. often with a strong bluish rellectinn ; each 

 elytron with one to five white d its. these sometimes indistinct or 

 even wholly lacking. Frunt nut hairy; under surface with only 

 a few scattered white hairs. Elytra convex, granulate-punctate. 

 Length 10-14 mm. (Figs. 12 and 1C.) 



Throughout the State ; frequent. April 9-September 

 15. One of the most attractive of our tiger beetles. It is,,f ig - T 16 - 



(After Leng,) 



found most frequently along pathways in open woodlands; 

 also often on logs, beneath the loose bark of which it hides by night 

 and in cloudy weather. It has been noted on the cement sidewalks 

 near the center of Indianapolis. 



" (1Mb). < 'ICIMIKLA 1'ATHl'EI.A Dej., Spec.. I. lXl2.~i. li 



Resembles xr.ri/iittdtti lint usually larger and somewhat da;. . ~ Ale- 

 dian band and often the humeral lunule complete: apical and :;ntea;'ic;'.! 

 dots more distinct. I'ndei 1 side much ni'ire hairy, the coxa-, pro- and metas- 

 terna being especially pilose. Length 12-14.") mm. 



