496 Mr. H. ^Y. Bates's additions 



Two males only, perfectly similar, with the remark- 

 able exception that in one the palpi are entirely black, 

 and in the other the penultimate joint of the labials is 

 brownish testaceous. 



Cicindcla TUtteri. (PL XVI., fig. 2). 

 C. pitlchra (Say) appropinquat sed valde differt capite et thorace 

 relative angustis elytrisque longioribus et lateribus ; viridi-cyauea 

 elytris violaceis immaculatis, pectore abdomiueque violaceo-nigris; 

 labro ( 2 ) albo, vix couvexo medio paulluluiu producto, truncato, 

 uuidentato ; oculis sat prominentibiis collo convexo, fronte glabra 

 utrinque striata ; thorace sat angusto, subcylindrico sed brevi, 

 nitido parum striguloso ; elytris elongato-oblongis convexis apice 

 late rotundatis sutiira recte spinosa, margine hand serrato, ver- 

 sus basin sicut in C. jjulchra sat grosse et crebre punctata, 

 postice subtilissime puctulatis ; corpore subtus fere giabro. Long. 

 16 mm. 5 . 



Hah. Villa Lerdo in Durango {Ritter). 



One example only has been received of this fine and 

 apparently very distinct species. By Herr Hoge's 

 desire I name it after the late Mr. Enrique Bitter, 

 manager of the Hacienda of Coyote, near Lerdo, who 

 took two or three specimens of it. 



Ciclndela plariiiemmata. (PL XVL, fig. 3). 



C. Floliri similis sed certe diversa, abdomine ciEruleo-metallico 

 elytrisque foveolis magnis nuinerosis cyaneis conspersis. Supra 

 fusco-cuprea sericeo-opaca ; thorace subrotundato, sulcis transversis 

 et dorsali profundis disco paruin distiacte striguloso, sublaevi ; 

 elytris elongato-ovatis medio disco utrinque striga oblique et inter- 

 dum guttula submargiuali ab humeris longe distauti, albis. Long. 

 12 mm. 5 . 



C. semicircidaris, King, Jahrb. d. Ins., i., p. 33'?. 



Hah. Refugio in Durango {Hiige). Three examples 

 only, females. 



In general form and other characters this species 

 resembles C. Flohri, and seems to have a close relation- 

 ship with it ; but it differs in the uniform metallic 

 cyaneous colour of the under side, and in the sculpture 

 of the elytra, in which latter respect it approaches 

 C. cyaniventris. The labrum (white) is advanced in the 

 middle, subtruncate, with a central tooth, and the angles 



