Oct., '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 361 



Cicindela vnlgaris. 



This species which is found throughout at least the greater 

 part of the state occurs principally in early spring and in fall. 

 Only one specimen was taken, at Andrews, Cherokee County 

 along a mountain road at about 2,'5oo feet elevation. This 

 species is on record from so many parts of the state that it was 

 not specially sought for or noticed on this trip. It was probably 

 present at other places. 



Cicinnela unipunctata. 



This species has been recorded from our N. C. mountains 

 before, but this was the first time I had ever taken it. Four 

 specimens were taken at Andrews, at elevations ranging from 

 2,000 to 2,500 feet. In accordance with the observations of 

 others we did not find it in hot, open, sunny places, but in shady 

 corners, or where shade was close at hand. Possibly it does 

 not usually become active until dusk. 



Cicindela patruela. 



Henshaw's check-list gives this as a variety of 6-guttata, but 

 Leng, in his Revision, regards it as distinct. It averages larger 

 than 6-guttata, has the middle band complete, and in this state 

 is known only from the mountain region while 6-guttata has 

 been taken in all sections. One specimen of patruela was taken 

 at Blantyre, Transylvania County, at the very top of a mountain 

 at about 3,000 feet elevation. I do not recall ever having taken 

 this species at less than 2.000 or 2.500 feet, and I have come to 

 consider it as a strictly mountain species in this state. 



Cicindela splendida. 



Henshaw lists this as one of the many varieties of purpurea, 

 but Leng recognizes it as a distinct species, with which my 

 observations agree, though the two may be connected by in- 

 termediate forms in other sections. Splendida averages small- 

 er, is quite local in its distribution, is decidedly different in 

 color, (the dorsum of prothorax being bright green, and not 

 cupreous as in purpurca) is found (in this State) at lower ele- 

 vations, and is in my experience a quicker, more wary species 

 and harder to capture. Several were observed along the road 

 from Highlands to Franklin in Macon County. But it was 



