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  REVISION 
  OF 
  TD.E 
  CICINDELiE 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  GROUP 
  VII. 
  

  

  Contains 
  species 
  of 
  robust 
  form, 
  and 
  mostly 
  of 
  large 
  size; 
  above 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  metallic 
  

   brown 
  colour, 
  but 
  sometimes 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  copper 
  or 
  purple 
  colour. 
  The 
  labrum 
  is 
  moderately 
  

   large, 
  three 
  toothed, 
  almost 
  always 
  prominent 
  in 
  the 
  middle; 
  with 
  the 
  lateral 
  angles 
  ob- 
  

   tuse. 
  The 
  labial 
  palpi 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  are 
  pale, 
  with 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  black. 
  The 
  head 
  and 
  

   thorax 
  are 
  finely 
  granulate, 
  the 
  former 
  is 
  finely 
  striate 
  at 
  the 
  sides, 
  wdth 
  scattered 
  white 
  

   erect 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  : 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  usually 
  convex, 
  narrowed 
  behind, 
  with 
  erect 
  hairs 
  

   towards 
  the 
  sides. 
  The 
  elytra 
  are 
  punctured, 
  very 
  finely, 
  sometimes 
  hardly 
  perceptibly 
  

   serrate 
  towards 
  the 
  tips, 
  which 
  are 
  conjointly 
  rounded 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  sutural 
  

   spine. 
  The 
  markings 
  are 
  usually 
  broad; 
  the 
  humeral 
  lunule 
  is 
  always 
  entire 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   longed; 
  the 
  middle 
  band 
  almost 
  rectangularly 
  bent; 
  the 
  apical 
  lunule 
  entire: 
  sometimes 
  

   the 
  whole 
  outer 
  margin 
  is 
  white. 
  The 
  under 
  surface 
  is 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  sometimes 
  of 
  

   the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  pectus 
  and 
  abdomen, 
  clothed 
  with 
  long 
  coarse 
  white 
  hair 
  : 
  the 
  anterior 
  

   tarsi 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  are 
  moderately 
  broadly 
  dilated. 
  

  

  Species 
  inhabiting 
  sandy 
  places, 
  and 
  seen 
  only 
  when 
  the 
  sun 
  is 
  brightly 
  shining. 
  This 
  

   group 
  seems 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  group 
  VIII., 
  but 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  labrum 
  is 
  almost 
  truncate 
  an- 
  

   teriorly, 
  and 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  quadrate 
  and 
  less 
  convex, 
  and 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  more 
  strongly 
  

   serrate. 
  Three 
  principal 
  forms. 
  

  

  1. 
  Elytra 
  dull, 
  middle 
  band 
  dilated 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  : 
  (labrum 
  3-toothcd, 
  prominent.) 
  C. 
  Ancocisconensis, 
  venusta, 
  

   generosa, 
  formosa, 
  latesignata. 
  

  

  2. 
  Elytra 
  dull, 
  spots 
  not 
  connected 
  at 
  the 
  margin 
  : 
  (labrum 
  3-tootbed, 
  subtruncate.) 
  C. 
  vulgaris. 
  

  

  3. 
  Elytra 
  shining, 
  spots 
  not 
  connected: 
  (labrum 
  prominent, 
  obsoktely 
  toothed.) 
  C. 
  fulgida. 
  

  

  C. 
  Ancocisconensis 
  affiliates 
  by 
  its 
  markings 
  with 
  C. 
  baltimorensis 
  ; 
  while 
  C. 
  vulgaris 
  is 
  

   evidently 
  by 
  the 
  labrum 
  and 
  form 
  of 
  body 
  allied 
  to 
  C. 
  purpurea, 
  which 
  differs 
  by 
  the 
  en- 
  

   tirely 
  black 
  palpi, 
  the 
  interrupted 
  humeral 
  lunule, 
  and 
  the 
  not 
  serrate 
  elytra. 
  

  

  15. 
  C. 
  Ancocisconensis 
  supra 
  jcneo-brunnea, 
  capite 
  granulato, 
  fronte 
  albosetosa, 
  utrinque 
  subtiliter 
  striata, 
  tho- 
  

   race 
  convexo, 
  latitudine 
  paulo 
  breviore, 
  postice 
  subangustato, 
  granulato, 
  lateribus 
  parce 
  albo-setosis, 
  elytris 
  puncta- 
  

   tis, 
  ad 
  apicem 
  rotundatis 
  obsolete 
  scrratis, 
  lunula 
  curvata 
  humerali, 
  altera 
  apicali 
  superne 
  inflexa 
  fascia 
  angusta 
  

   media 
  obtuse 
  refraeta 
  linere 
  marginali 
  adjuncts, 
  albis; 
  subtus 
  viridi-senea 
  lateribus 
  minus 
  dense 
  albo-setosis; 
  labro 
  

   sexus 
  utriusque 
  longiusculo, 
  albo, 
  tridentato. 
  Long. 
  -6. 
  

  

  Mas 
  palpis 
  labialibus 
  articulo 
  penultitno 
  pallido. 
  

  

  Harris, 
  Family 
  Visitor, 
  (Cleveland, 
  Ohio,) 
  2, 
  No. 
  39. 
  Haldeman, 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sc. 
  G, 
  3G1. 
  

  

  Found 
  about 
  the 
  White 
  Mountains, 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  T. 
  W. 
  Harris, 
  to 
  whom 
  

   I 
  owe 
  a 
  fine 
  series 
  of 
  specimens 
  : 
  a 
  specimen 
  was 
  previously 
  given 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Schafhirt 
  

   who 
  found 
  it 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  public 
  squares 
  of 
  Philadelphia. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  very 
  distinct 
  

   from 
  all 
  other 
  native 
  species 
  : 
  the 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  resemble 
  nearly 
  in 
  form 
  those 
  

   ofC. 
  repanda. 
  Haldeman 
  has 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  are 
  pale 
  at 
  

   base: 
  this 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  an 
  error 
  of 
  writing, 
  as 
  the 
  labial 
  palpi 
  are 
  meant. 
  

  

  