TriK TlGVAl BEETLES. 33 



Ij.'ikc iiiid lj;i\\ rciH-c couiilics; fai'c. May 7 .] uly 27. Occurs 

 ill shaded palliways (in liiuli. di-y hills. I'siially placed as a variety 

 of sc.r gull aid. hut Leng- considers Iheiii distiiicl. 



6 (25). ClCIiNDELA PURPUREA Oliv., Kilt.. II. 17tt4. U. 



Reddish cupreous, margins .-ind suture df elytra yroen ; mark- 

 iugs consistinj^ of a uarrow oliliiiue middle baud, au apical dot 

 and sonietiuies au auteapical aud humeral dot. Thorax deeply 

 impressed, granulate and rugose. Length 14-1(; nun. (Figs. 13 

 and 17.) 



This handsome beetle has so far been noted only in 

 southern Indiana, where it has been taken in a half dozen ^'s-i^' 



(After Lpiir.) 



or more counties. However, it probably occurs through- 

 ont the State, as its general range includes the entire United States. 

 It frequents the grass}^ margins of roads and meadow pathways. 

 Double brooded and probably hibernates. April 23-October 15. 



The variety limhalis King., in which the middle band is long 

 and sinuate and with humeral, posthumeral, apical and anteapical 

 dots usually present, prol)ab]y occurs sparingly in the State, its 

 range being given as "Elaine to Colorado and Kansas." 



7 (26a). CiciNUEL.\ Formosa generosa Dej., Spec. V, ISMI, 231. 



Dull reddish cupreous or brownish-bronzed ; white markings wide, 

 prominent and connected on margin, the middle band bent backward, then 

 forward and almost reaching the suture. Thorax broader than long, granu- 

 late, very hairy on the Hanks. Length IG-IS mm. (Fig. 14.) 



This eastern form of Say's fonnosa has been taken only in Lake, 

 Porter, Laporte, Vigo, Perry and Posey counties, where it occurs in 

 numbers on bare sandy spots and along sandy roads. May 13-Oc- 

 tober L It is more wary and difficult to capture than most of its 

 kind and when flushed often makes a prolonged flight. Generosa 

 and uiiipiiitilala are the largest of our tiger beetles, and the former 

 will pri)1)al)I.\- he found ov(H- most ol* the sand covered areas of the 

 State. 



s (:!2). CiciNDEr^v VULGARIS Say, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. I, 1S18. 

 400: ibid. II, 422. 



P>ro\viusli -bronze aliove, dark green beneath; elytral markings 

 consisting of humeral lunule obliquely prolonged; a middle band 

 ^^ I)ut slightly expanded on margin, entering obliquely and bent at 

 Fig. 18. an obtuse angle, and an ajiical lunule. Length i:! IC mm. (Figs. 

 (.\fter Leng.; ]5 and 18.) 



