THE TIGER BEETLES. 



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Fig. 22. 

 (After Leng.) 



12 (35). CICINDELA niRTlcoLLis Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., I. 



1818, 411 ; ibid. II, 2. 



Brown bronze above: beneath green, very hairy; humeral 

 lunule bent upward at its hind extremity and connected by a 

 marginal line with middle band, the marginal line usually broken 

 before the apical lunule. Front hairy. Thorax quadrate, flat, 

 very hairy. Elytra granulate-punctate, suddenly dilated before 

 the middle in both sexes. Length 13-14 mm. (Figs. 15a and 22.) 



Abundant along the shore of Lake Michigan and on the 

 sand dimes back from the lake; also found on the sandy 

 beaches of other large lakes in northern Indiana. May 13-Sept. 5. 



13 (40). CICINDELA PUNCTULATA Oliv., Ent. II, 17U4, 27. 



'Slender, subcylindrical. Black, dark brown or greenish-bronzed above; 

 greenish-blue beneath ; the whitish markings, except the apical luiiule, 

 usually reduced to one or two minute dots, with rarely a broken humeral 

 lunule and interrupted middle band present. Front without hairs. Thorax 

 sparsely hairy, -very finely granulate. Elytra densely punctured, each with 

 a row r of larger green punctures near the suture. Length 11-14 mm. 



Throughout the State ; one of the most common and widely dis- 

 tributed of tiger beetles. Often found about electric lights and on 

 the walks of the cities ; also along dry upland roads and especially 

 pathways in open woods. May 25-November 4. 



14 (45). CICINDELA CUPKASCENS Lee., Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 



1852, 65. 



Cupreous or greenish-bronzed above ; markings complete and 

 connected along the marginal line. Front hairy. Thorax flat- 

 tened, nearly quadrate, slightly rounded at sides, thinly clothed 

 with white hairs. Outer margin of male elytron slightly sinuate; 

 of female elytron strongly sinuate with a tooth one-fourth from 

 t' Q tip. Length 12-14 mm. (Fig. 23.) 



Frequent along the sandy beach of Lake Michigan, near 

 Pine, Lake County and Dune Park, Porter County; also a 

 single example from a sand bar in Putnam County. Probably wide- 

 ly distributed in the State. July 5-September ]. 



Those found along the beach of Lake Michigan are more slender, 

 less strongly punctured and with the marginal tooth of the female 

 elytron more obtuse than in the Putnam County form. They are to 

 be referred to the variety macra Lee. 



15 (55). CICINDELA LEPIDA Dej., Spec., V, 1831, 255. 



Flat and broad. Head and thorax greenish-bronze, hairy; 

 elytra white with a few green or bronze dark lines; under sur- 

 face. : sely clothed with white hair. Elytra sinuate at apex, 

 ru : ire deeply so in female. Length 9-12 mm. (Fig. 24.) 



Taken in the State only on the bare white sand along the beach 

 >f Lake Michigan near Pine, Lake County, and Dune Park, Porter 



Fig. 24. 



(After Lent;.) 



