﻿i'J, 
  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  CICINDELJ3 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  group) 
  but 
  is 
  oblique, 
  and 
  only 
  obtusely 
  bent, 
  terminating, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding, 
  in 
  a 
  round 
  spot. 
  The 
  body 
  beneath 
  is 
  bluish 
  green. 
  I 
  have 
  

   already 
  indicated 
  this 
  species 
  (Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sc. 
  7, 
  16) 
  as 
  perhaps 
  allied 
  to 
  C. 
  longi- 
  

   labris, 
  but 
  on 
  farther 
  examination 
  it 
  appears 
  to 
  have 
  no 
  relation 
  to 
  that 
  species. 
  

  

  23. 
  C. 
  guttifcra, 
  fusco-ivnea, 
  fronte 
  paroo 
  pilosa, 
  utrinque 
  subtilit.er 
  striata, 
  tlioraco 
  latitudine 
  breviore 
  sub- 
  

   quadrato, 
  postice 
  vix 
  angustato, 
  elytris 
  pone 
  humcros 
  obtusos 
  seusim 
  latioribus, 
  postice 
  rotundatis 
  subtilius 
  serratis, 
  

   spina 
  suturali 
  parva 
  baud 
  prominula, 
  punctatis 
  granulatis, 
  lunulis 
  late 
  interruptis, 
  fascia 
  media 
  rectangnlariter 
  re- 
  

   fracta, 
  ad 
  marginem 
  baud 
  latiore 
  albis, 
  subtua 
  viridi-aenea, 
  pleuris 
  omnibus 
  cupreis 
  albo 
  pilosis; 
  labro 
  albo 
  uniden- 
  

   tato. 
  Long. 
  -5. 
  

  

  Mas 
  latet. 
  

  

  Santa 
  Fe, 
  New 
  Mexico, 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fendler. 
  Resembles 
  precisely 
  in 
  its 
  form 
  and 
  

   markings 
  C. 
  oregona, 
  but 
  differs 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  less 
  serrate, 
  and 
  the 
  sutu- 
  

   ral 
  spine 
  not 
  prominent. 
  The 
  copper 
  pleurae 
  afford 
  also 
  a 
  good 
  character 
  for 
  its 
  separa- 
  

   tion: 
  these 
  are, 
  however, 
  found 
  in 
  C. 
  12-guttata, 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  present 
  differs 
  by 
  the 
  

   middle 
  band 
  being 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  dilated 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  completely 
  isolated 
  spots 
  

   into 
  which 
  the 
  lunules 
  are 
  divided. 
  

  

  24. 
  C. 
  duodecim-guttata, 
  supra 
  nigra, 
  fusco-amca, 
  vel 
  etiaui 
  cuprascens 
  et 
  cyanea, 
  fronto 
  parce 
  pilosa, 
  utrin- 
  

   que 
  subtiliter 
  striata, 
  tboraee 
  latitudine 
  breviore 
  subquadrato, 
  postice 
  subangustato, 
  lateribus 
  albo-pilosis, 
  elytris 
  

   pone 
  bumeros 
  sensim 
  latioribus, 
  postice 
  rotundatis 
  subtilius 
  serratis, 
  spina 
  suturali 
  baud 
  prominula, 
  granulatis 
  punc- 
  

   tatis, 
  (puuetis 
  srcpe 
  vix 
  distiuctis,) 
  lunula 
  bumerali 
  curvata 
  apicaliquc 
  swpe 
  interruptis, 
  fasciaque 
  media 
  reetangu- 
  

   laritcr 
  refracta, 
  in 
  striga 
  marginali 
  oriente 
  albis; 
  subtus 
  viridi, 
  vel 
  cyaneo-cenea, 
  lateribus 
  albo-pilosis, 
  pleuris 
  cu- 
  

   prascentibus, 
  labro 
  albo 
  unidentato. 
  Long. 
  -47 
  — 
  '54. 
  

  

  Mas 
  palpis 
  labialibus 
  artieulo 
  penultimo 
  pallido: 
  femina 
  palpis 
  concoloribus, 
  elytris 
  latioribus. 
  

   Dcj. 
  Sp. 
  Gen. 
  1, 
  73; 
  Gould, 
  Bost. 
  Journ. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  1, 
  51; 
  tab. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  3. 
  

   C. 
  Proteus 
  Kirby, 
  Fauna 
  Bor. 
  Am. 
  4, 
  9. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Superior, 
  New 
  York, 
  near 
  water, 
  usually 
  on 
  causeways 
  over 
  marshes, 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  

   shores 
  of 
  lakes. 
  Varies 
  considerably, 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  spots, 
  which 
  are 
  sometimes 
  entire, 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  interrupted, 
  or 
  even 
  obsolete, 
  but 
  also 
  in 
  colour, 
  as 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  diagno- 
  

   sis: 
  the 
  sculpture 
  too 
  varies, 
  because 
  in 
  the 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  black 
  colour, 
  the 
  punctures 
  

   vanish, 
  and 
  the 
  elytra 
  seem 
  only 
  sparsely 
  granulate. 
  When 
  the 
  colour 
  is 
  bronzed 
  olive 
  

   or 
  coppery, 
  the 
  punctures 
  are 
  blue, 
  and 
  are 
  very 
  distinct. 
  

  

  Perfectly 
  marked 
  specimens, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  coppery 
  and 
  greenish 
  colour, 
  have 
  been 
  

   found 
  by 
  me, 
  only 
  at 
  Lake 
  Superior 
  : 
  but 
  a 
  remarkable 
  specimen 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  blue 
  colour 
  

   with 
  very 
  complete 
  marks 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Kirtland 
  at 
  Fort 
  Gratiot, 
  aud 
  kindly 
  pre- 
  

   sented 
  to 
  me. 
  Those 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  vary 
  but 
  little, 
  being 
  of 
  a 
  dull 
  blackish 
  

   bronze 
  colour, 
  with 
  the 
  marks 
  interrupted 
  : 
  the 
  marginal 
  white 
  line 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  

   middle 
  band 
  disappears 
  occasionally, 
  but 
  the 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  middle 
  band 
  are 
  then 
  ex- 
  

   tremely 
  small 
  and 
  imperfect, 
  so 
  that 
  even 
  such 
  specimens 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  confounded 
  with 
  

   the 
  two 
  preceding 
  species. 
  

  

  