THE TIGRH BEETI.KS. 



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IL* (.'!.">). ('i(i.M)i;i A II iiMuoi.i.TS Say. 'Praiis. Anici'. IMiil. Sue.. I. 

 ISIS, 111; il)i(l. II. 2. 

 I!ru\\ii lii'Hiizc .■i1mp\(>; hnic.-il li m'ccii. \<'r\ li;iir.\ ; lniiii('r:il 

 luuulo bent ujiwanl at its liiiid •■xtrt'inity .iihI ((iiiiicctt'd l)y a 

 luarsjinal line with iiiiddli' li.iiid. tiic inar^'iiial line usually broken 

 before the apical Iniiule. Front liairy. Tliorax ((uadrate. Hat, 

 very hairy. Elytra graiuilato-punctate. snd<leiily dilated hel'orc 



liic middle in both sexe.s. Length i:'>-14 inin. (Figs, l.'ia and 1'2. i 



Fij!.22. 



Abundant alon,y the sliore of Lake jMiehigaii and on the (Afti-rLcnK.; 

 sand dunes back from the lake ; also found on the sandy 

 beaches of other large lakes in northern Indiana. May 13-Sept. 5. 



]:; (40). CieiNDEL.v ri nctiiata oliv., lOnt. II. IT'.M. I'T. 



Slender, siiboylindrical. l>laek, dark brown or .greenish-bronzed above; 

 greenish-blue beneath; tlie whitish markings, except the apical lunule. 

 usually reduced to one or two minute dots, with rarely a broken humeral 

 lunule and interrupted middle bund present. Front without hairs. Thorax 

 sparsely hairy, very finely granulate. Elytra densely punctured, each with 

 a row of larger green punctures near the suture. Eength 11-14 mm. 



Throughout the State ; one of the most common and widely dis- 

 tributed of tiger beetles. Often found aliout electric lights and on 

 the walks of the cities; also along diy upland roads and especially 

 pathways in open w^oods. May 25-November 4. 



14 (45). CiciNDELA CI'PKASCENS Lcc, Proc. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 1S52, 65. 

 Cupreous or greenish-bronzed abnve: markings complete and 

 connected along the marginal line. Front hairy. Thorax tlat- 

 teued, nearly quadrate, slightly rounded at sides, thinly clothed 

 with white hairs. Outer margin of male elytron slightly sinuate; 

 of female elytron strongly sinuate with a tooth one fourth from 

 "^^3^ the tip. Length 12-14 mm. (Fig. 2:j.) 



(AfterLeng) Frecptcut aloug the sandy beach of Lake Michigan, near 

 Pine, Lake County and Dune Park, Porter County; also a 

 single example from a sand bar in Putnam Cotinty. Probably wide- 

 ly distributed in the State. July 5-September 1. 



Those found along the beach of Lake ^Michigan are more slender, 

 less strongly punctured and with the marginal tooth of the female 

 elytron moi'c obtuse than in thp Putimni (""ounty form. They are to 

 be referred to the variety macro Lee. 



1." (55). ('i(iM)EL.\ i.EPUiA Dej.. Spec. V, ISol, 255. 



Flat and broad. Head and thorax greenish-bronze, hairy: 

 elytra white with a few' green or bronze dark lines; under sur- 

 face densely clothed with white hair. Elytra sinuate at apex, 

 mox-e deeply so in female. Length 9-12 nun. (Fig. 24.) 



Taken in the State only on the bare white sand along- the beach 

 of Lake ]\Iic]iigan near Pine, Lake County, and Dune Park, Porter 



Fig. 24. 

 (After L<MiK.) 



