﻿REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  CICINDELvE 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  41 
  

  

  GROUP 
  VIII. 
  

  

  Contains 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  a 
  not 
  slender 
  form, 
  with 
  the 
  thorax 
  subquad 
  rate 
  and 
  more 
  

   flattened 
  in 
  the 
  females 
  than 
  the 
  males 
  : 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  strongly 
  punctured 
  with 
  inter- 
  

   mixed 
  granules, 
  they 
  are 
  rounded 
  and 
  finely 
  serrate 
  at 
  tip; 
  in 
  the 
  females 
  they 
  are 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  dilated 
  on 
  the 
  sides; 
  the 
  spots 
  are 
  normal, 
  sometimes 
  interrupted, 
  sometimes 
  con- 
  

   nected 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  the 
  medial 
  band 
  is 
  perpendicularly 
  bent. 
  The 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  

   are 
  finely 
  rugous 
  and 
  granulate, 
  the 
  front 
  is 
  finely 
  striate 
  near 
  the 
  e} 
  r 
  es, 
  and 
  is 
  pilose 
  in 
  

   our 
  native 
  species; 
  the 
  labrum 
  is 
  moderately 
  short, 
  the 
  middle 
  tooth 
  being 
  acute 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   minent, 
  while 
  the 
  others 
  are 
  indistinct, 
  and 
  frequently 
  wanting. 
  The 
  labial 
  palpi 
  at 
  

   least 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  are 
  pale 
  at 
  base. 
  Sides 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  and 
  body 
  beneath 
  hairy. 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  may 
  be 
  divided 
  into 
  three 
  principal 
  forms 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Lunules 
  interrupted, 
  middle 
  band 
  not 
  dilated 
  on 
  the 
  margin. 
  C. 
  oregona 
  and 
  guttifera. 
  

  

  2. 
  Middle 
  band 
  dilated 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  humeral 
  lunule 
  curved, 
  sometimes 
  interrupted. 
  C. 
  12-guttata 
  and 
  balti- 
  

   morensis. 
  

  

  3. 
  Middle 
  band 
  dilated 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  humeral 
  lunule 
  perpendicularly 
  bent. 
  C. 
  hirticollis. 
  

  

  22. 
  C. 
  oregona, 
  fusco-wnea, 
  vel 
  cyanea, 
  fronte 
  parce 
  pilosa, 
  utrinque 
  subtilitcr 
  striata, 
  thorace 
  latitudine 
  bre- 
  

   viore, 
  subquadrato, 
  postice 
  vis 
  angustato, 
  elytris 
  pone 
  humeros 
  obtusos 
  sensiui 
  latioribus, 
  postice 
  fortiter 
  serratis, 
  

   spina 
  suturali 
  prominula, 
  punctatis 
  granulatis, 
  lunulis 
  late 
  interruptis, 
  fascia 
  media 
  rectangulariter 
  refractaad 
  mar- 
  

   ginem 
  baud 
  latiore 
  albis; 
  subtus 
  cyaneo-rcnea, 
  pleuris 
  albo-pilosis 
  ; 
  labro 
  albo 
  unidentato. 
  Long. 
  -4 
  — 
  -55. 
  

  

  Mas 
  palpis 
  labialibus 
  articulo 
  pcnultimo 
  pallido. 
  Feinina 
  elytris 
  magis 
  dilatatis, 
  palpis 
  concoloribus 
  nigris. 
  

  

  C. 
  duodecimguttala 
  J 
  Menetries, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Imp. 
  St. 
  Petersb. 
  2, 
  52; 
  et 
  auctorum 
  aliorum, 
  (sine 
  descriptione.) 
  

  

  Oregon 
  Territory 
  and 
  Northern 
  California, 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  San 
  Francisco. 
  Of 
  the 
  same 
  form 
  

   as 
  C. 
  12-guttata, 
  but 
  having 
  the 
  elytra 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  more 
  dilated, 
  and 
  the 
  apical 
  serra- 
  

   tures 
  and 
  the 
  sutural 
  spine 
  much 
  more 
  distinct. 
  

  

  The 
  white 
  spots 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  lai'ge 
  and 
  conspicuous, 
  but 
  show 
  no 
  tendency 
  to 
  unite 
  

   along 
  the 
  margin; 
  they 
  are 
  thus 
  placed: 
  a 
  humeral 
  spot; 
  a 
  middle 
  fascia 
  bent 
  at 
  a 
  right 
  

   angle, 
  and 
  then 
  curved 
  towards 
  the 
  suture, 
  terminating 
  in 
  a 
  round 
  spot 
  : 
  an 
  apical 
  spot, 
  

   and 
  two 
  round 
  submarginal 
  spots, 
  one 
  midway 
  between 
  the 
  humerus 
  and 
  middle 
  band, 
  

   the 
  other 
  between 
  the 
  band 
  and 
  the 
  tip, 
  but 
  rather 
  nearer 
  the 
  latter. 
  The 
  specimens 
  

   from 
  Oregon 
  were 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  G. 
  Cooper, 
  they 
  are 
  all 
  blue, 
  or 
  of 
  a 
  dull 
  olive 
  green 
  

   above 
  : 
  the 
  specimen 
  found 
  by 
  me 
  at 
  Benicia 
  is 
  above 
  of 
  a 
  fuscous 
  bronze 
  colour 
  varied 
  

   with 
  coppery 
  and 
  brassy, 
  as 
  in 
  our 
  common 
  C. 
  baltimorensis. 
  

  

  22'. 
  C. 
  , 
  capite 
  omnino 
  sicut 
  in 
  prweedente, 
  thorace 
  — 
  ? 
  elytris 
  fortius 
  punctatis, 
  ad 
  apicem 
  serratis, 
  spina 
  

  

  suturali 
  prominula, 
  lunulis 
  humerali 
  apicalique 
  interruptis, 
  fascia, 
  media 
  oblique 
  oriente, 
  obtuse 
  refracta. 
  

  

  Here 
  seems 
  the 
  proper 
  place 
  to 
  refer 
  some 
  fragments 
  of 
  a 
  specimen 
  collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

  

  Cooper 
  at 
  Prairie 
  Pass, 
  Oregon. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  least 
  respect 
  different 
  from 
  that 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  preceding, 
  but 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  less 
  dilated 
  and 
  less 
  strongly 
  serrate 
  : 
  the 
  surface 
  

  

  is 
  more 
  strongly 
  punctured, 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  band 
  does 
  not 
  arise 
  perpendicularly 
  (as 
  in 
  all 
  

  

  VOL. 
  xi. 
  — 
  G 
  

  

  