THE MOUNT DESERT REGION 101 



Order COLEOPTERA. Beetles 



ClClNDELlDAE. The Tiger Beetles 



These predaceous and handsome individuals occur in sandy 

 places, such as sand pits, carriage roads, and the bare places 

 left after removing- the top soil. 



<'K lN'DELA Linnaeus 



C. purpurea Oliv. (4-2). Taken on bare patches in a field 



Sec. 28, May 26. One taken Aug. 28. Scarce. 

 C. purpurea var. limbalis Lee. (42c). Sec. 24, June 12- 



July 2; sandpit near Sea Wall, Aug. 24. Scarce. 

 C. limbalis var. spketa Lee. (45b). Bar Harbor, May 18 



(Br.). 

 C. duodecimguttata Dej. (49). Frequents the borders of 



moist places. Newport Cove; Bubble Brook; Eagle Lake, 



June 15-Sept. 13. Not common. 

 C. repanda Dej. (50). Mt. Desert, Aug. 1900 (Harris). 

 C. tranquebarica Host. (C vulgaris Say) (53). Abundant 



in the large sandpit near Sargent Drive, July 2-Sept. 5. 



Many in sandpit near golf links, June 1. 

 C. tanquebarica var. iioRicoxENSis Leng (53c). One cotype 



labeled Mt. Desert, Aug. in collection of Amer. Mus. Xatl. 



Hist. Trans Amer. Ent. Scty. 28: 145. 

 C. longilabris Say (59). Taken around patches near north 



end of Eagle Lake, Sec. 16, June 13- Aug. 1(5. 

 C. sexgi'ttata Fab. (69). Frequents roads in woods and 



shows great variety in marking but not much in color. 



Taken May 26-July 30, Breakneck Rd., Half Moon Pond, 



Bubble Brook, Chasm Brook. Our most common form. 



Large numbers in 1937 and 1938. 



Carabidae. The Ground Beetles 



They are to be looked for on the ground where they hide 

 under stones and other cover. Some prefer the edges of 

 ponds; others, dry places, while still others are found in 



