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deeper towards the anterior angle, and with two distinct fuscous 

 spots ; inferior wings, on the basal two-thirds reddish-brown, with 

 two small distant silvery spots on the anterior margin, and a series 

 of obsolete dull silvery lines behind the middle ; exterior third of 

 these wings ochraceous, with a marginal series of seven short sil- 

 very lines. 



Obs. The present species, though not remarkable for any supe- 

 rior gaiety of coloring, interests by the simple contrast of black- 

 ish and pale orange colors, of its superior surface, as well as by 

 the rows of slender silvery lines which decorate the under page 

 of its inferior wings. 



I have taken this insect in Georgia, East Florida, Arkansaw, 

 and Missouri, but have not yet met with it in Pennsylvania. 

 Cramer described his specimen, in the collection of Mr. J. C. 

 Sylvius Van Lennep, and states it to have been taken in Virginia. 

 He has applied to it the terrestial name of the daughter of 

 Jupiter and Latona, and the twin sister of Apollo, in pursuance 

 of the example of Linne, who thus endeavored to connect Ento- 

 mology with Mythology and the civil history of antiquity. 



The plate represents two views of this species, beneath which 

 is an enlarged palpus. 



CICINDELA. Plate XVIII. 



Generic character. Antennas filiform; clypeus shorter than 

 the labrum; maxillae monodactyle, with two very distinct palpi, 

 of which the exterior one is nearly equal to the labial palpi, 

 penultimate joint of the latter hairy; mentum trifid, the divisions 

 nearly equal in length; feet slender, elongated; anterior tibia 

 without a sinus near the tip. 



Obs. A very natural and interesting group of insects. Many 

 species inhabit this country, the more common of which, such as 

 the vulgaris, sex-guttata and punctulat a, are familiar to most per- 

 sons who delight in rural scenery. They inhabit arid situations, 

 run and fly swiftly, and live upon prey, which they seize by means 

 of their somewhat elongated and very acute mandibles. 



Cicindela decemnotata. — Specific character. Green, above 

 tinged with cupreous; elytra margined with bright green or 

 bluish; four white spots and an intermediate refracted band. 



Dcsc. Labrum three-toothed, white: mandibles black, base 



