12 GEODEriiAGA — CICINDELIDAE. 



JB, Antennae eleven-juintetl, inserted behind the l)ase of 



the mandibles. 



Head almost always narrower than tliorax ; eyes in 

 general moderately prominent ; labrum seldom strongly 

 developed ; mandibles powerful, hooked at apex, in general 

 of moderate length, with one tooth near base ; inner lobe 

 of maxillae nearly always bearing a sharp, fixed tooth at 

 apex ; ligula distinctly developed and nearly always witli 

 paniglossae ; bases of lal)ial palpi attached to ligula, l)ut 

 distinct; elytra usually with striae or rows of punctures ; 

 abdoinen generally with oidy six ventral segments visible 

 in both sexes, the first three segments soldered together. 



Carahidae. 



CICIWDELLDA E. 



Head marked with parallel longitudinal striae on the 

 cheeks and forehead, at least at inner margin of eyes ; 

 vertex finely Avrinkled ; maxillary palpi longer than the 

 labial ; emargination of inentum with a sharp tooth, as 

 long as the side pieces ; scutellum distinct ; first three 

 tarsal joints in male dilated and covered beneath with stiff 

 hairs. Cicindela, Lin. 



Cichidela. 



A, Body moderately arched ; thorax broader than long, 

 with deep transverse furrows ; femora and tibiae thickly 

 covered with white hairs. 

 (I- Labrum white, not ridged. 



/. Elytra green, with a round white spot in the 



middle (generally standing in a darker shade). 



Head and thorax green, latter rather broader in front 



than behind ; elytra with five white spots along outer 



ma 1 gin, l)esides the round one on the disc. L. (5 1. 



Common in dry, sandy places. C. camjjestris, Lin. 



The variety funebris, Sturm, is entirely black above. 



II» Elytra brownish, with a transverse, bent white 

 band in the middle. 

 Head and thorax brownish ; elytra witli a white crescent 

 at shouldei' and another at apex, besides the transverse 

 white band in middle, which proceeds from tlie lateral 

 margin, on reaching the middle of the elytron is turned 

 ob]i(|uely backward and more or less narrowed, and ends 



