FAMILY CICINDELID/K. 35 



This sjioties, like tlie r«/g«)t,v, has two Lruotls iji the year ; the tirsl apjieaiiug iu Ma) , 

 the second in August. It lives in sandy districts, frequenting the sea-beaches, and is one 

 of our largest species. 



CiCINDELA REPANOIS. 



The markings of the repnndis resemlile those of the vtifgaris : tlie ercani nr yelli.wish 

 white of the lahruni extends to half «f the niaiidihles, and the insert is smaller; the 

 luuules are wider and more dilated, the middle one extending to near the suture behind. 



CiCI.NOELA PURPUREA. 



Purple. Head, tlmrax and elytra bordered with green combined with steel-blue and bril- 

 liant green. Thorax margineil with brilliant jmrjjle ; legs piiri)le. Lunule upon the 

 elytra obsolete. There is a cream-colored tlot upon the outer angle of the shoulder, an 

 obsolete lunule behind the middle, a spot upon the outer and posterior angle, and a 

 bar upon tUe margin inside of the green edge. 

 Length half of an inch. 



Sat, Trans. Am. Phil. Society, New series. II. f>'' ■ PI. .\iii, fig. 8. 

 CiCINDELA PATHUELA (Bj.). 



Bottle-green above, steel-blue and green beneath. Outer angle of the elytra marked with 

 two ovoidal spots, nearly united by narrow and j)ointed elongations ; middle marked 

 transversely ]>y an obliijue bar, posterior by a large round dot, and margin by a line 

 inside of the purple edge. The lunules may be descril)ed as broken. 

 It is rather more than half an inch in length, and nearly a quarter of an inch wide. 

 Head is bright green with bluish, naked, and iinely granulated ; labrum dingy white ; 

 teeth three, with six marginal punctures. Mandibles have a white spot at base : the 

 four basal joints of the antennae green ; terminal one rufous. 

 Thorax convex, narrowed behind, grainilated. Beneath bluish green ; legs green ; tro- 

 chanters purple. 

 It has a wide range, according to Gould ; being found in Nortli-Carulina, and in Ver- 

 mont as far north as Burlington. 



CiCI.NDEI.A GUTTATA. 



Brilliant steel-blue and green. Labrum light buff rather Ihan cream-color. Outer edge oe 

 surface of the mandible buff; middle and outer angle of the elytra dotted : jxisterior 

 m;irgin has a short transverse bar inside of the green edge. 

 Length rather less than half an inch, and { in width. 



Sat in Trans. Ami. Phil. Society, New series, PI. xiii, flg. 4. 



