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locality, but another specimen in the British Museum is from 

 Pernamlmco. There are, of course, no other records on the 

 occurrence of this species, since it was confounded by Kirby 

 with diadeniatns. The synonymy of both species is as follows: 



1899. Basilcus diadematus. Sauss. & Pict., Biol. Centr. Americana, Orth., 



I, p. 385, No. 1, pi. 19, fig. 11, 12. 

 Basilcus repandus (Walk.). 

 1869. Locusta re panda, Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., II. p. 284, 



No. 16. 

 1910. B[asi!eiis] repandus, Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., II, p. 233, No. 1 



(except synonyms!) 

 1912. B\asilcus] repandus, Karny, Gen. Insect., Orth., 139 fasc., Copi- 



phorinae, p. 29, No. 1 (except synonyms!) 



A New Species and A New Variety of 

 Cicindela (Col.). 



By ADOLPH MAKES, Chicago, Illinois. 



Two apparently undescribed forms belonging to the genus 

 Cicindela have been in my collection for a number of years. 

 Having been urged by many of those who have viewed them, 

 to make them known, I have decided to yield to their wishes. 

 The following descriptions, though brief, will, it is believed, 

 suffice to enable their recognition. 



Cicindela illinoensis sp. nov. 



This form is similar in size and markings to sexguttata Fab., from 

 which it differs by being entirely black and the upper surface opaque. 

 The sides of the prothorax at basal third are more strongly compressed 

 and parallel to base. 



I took this type myself at Riverside, Illinois, and it is a 

 unique in my collection. I had regarded this as a variety of 

 sc.\-(/itttata, but the differently formed thorax in combination 

 with other characters leave no doubt as to its distinctness from 

 that species, black forms of which are said to occur in the 

 eastern states. New Jersey and Pennsylvania, mixed with the 

 green as dimorphic forms. This is a male of the species- 

 length 14 mm., width 6 mm. 



Cicindela repanda var. hoosieri nov. 



Differs from the typical form by the general color being a rather 

 brilliant green instead of the usual dark brown. The elytral marking 

 which are of the repanda type and complete are nlso broader than in 

 typical repanda. 



Type from Cedar Lake, Lake County, Indiana, taken by 

 myself. This is a female of the species length 12 mm., width 

 5 mm. 



This form seems certainly deserving of a varietal name, if 

 only for the purpose of expediting exchanges. 



