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  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  CICINDELE 
  OF 
  TIIE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  with 
  the 
  false 
  Ideality, 
  (Pennsylvania,) 
  has 
  led 
  several 
  entomologists 
  to 
  suppose 
  it 
  intended 
  

   for 
  the 
  preceding 
  species: 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  likely 
  that 
  Say 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  confounded 
  them 
  to- 
  

   gether, 
  hut 
  the 
  expressions, 
  "thorax 
  very 
  hairy," 
  and 
  "hand 
  is 
  divaricated 
  on 
  the 
  margin, 
  

   so 
  as 
  to 
  join 
  the 
  anterior 
  lunule," 
  lead 
  me 
  to 
  refer 
  the 
  description 
  to 
  the 
  present 
  species. 
  

  

  GROUP 
  IX. 
  

  

  One 
  species 
  of 
  a 
  slender 
  form, 
  with 
  the 
  labrum 
  moderate, 
  with 
  the 
  middle 
  tooth 
  pro- 
  

   minent 
  : 
  palpi 
  pale 
  with 
  black 
  tips: 
  head 
  bald, 
  slightly 
  striate 
  each 
  side: 
  thorax 
  subcylin- 
  

   drical, 
  hairy 
  at 
  the 
  side. 
  Elytra 
  punctured, 
  with 
  long 
  slender 
  markings, 
  medial 
  band 
  slightly 
  

   bent, 
  oblique, 
  connected 
  with 
  a 
  marginal 
  white 
  line 
  ; 
  tips 
  rounded 
  finely 
  serrate 
  : 
  those 
  of 
  

   the 
  female 
  very 
  slightly 
  suddenly 
  dilated. 
  Body 
  beneath 
  with 
  dense 
  not 
  erect 
  white 
  

   hair, 
  middle 
  of 
  pectus 
  and 
  abdomen 
  glabrous. 
  

  

  Affiliates 
  with 
  group 
  xn., 
  but 
  the 
  humeral 
  lunule 
  is 
  not 
  recurved, 
  the 
  trochanters 
  are 
  

   not 
  red, 
  and 
  the 
  head 
  is 
  not 
  pubescent. 
  Also 
  with 
  the 
  next 
  group 
  — 
  but 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  

   elytra 
  are 
  serrate, 
  and 
  the 
  middle 
  tooth 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  is 
  not 
  smaller 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  

  

  This 
  group 
  has 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  essential 
  characters 
  of 
  the 
  preceding, 
  and 
  is 
  distinguished 
  

   from 
  C. 
  baltimorensis 
  by 
  its 
  slender 
  form, 
  and 
  very 
  elongated 
  and 
  oblique 
  medial 
  band; 
  

   it 
  leads 
  through 
  the 
  next 
  to 
  others 
  hereafter 
  treated 
  of, 
  and 
  interrupts 
  the 
  passage 
  to 
  

   group 
  xi., 
  which 
  should 
  properly 
  follow 
  group 
  viii. 
  

  

  27. 
  C. 
  tenuisignata, 
  elongata, 
  fusco-renea, 
  capite 
  glabro 
  subtilitcr 
  granulate, 
  prope 
  oculos 
  striato, 
  thorace 
  Iati- 
  

   tudine 
  baud 
  breviore, 
  subcylindrico, 
  vix 
  canaliculate, 
  subtiliter 
  granulate, 
  pilis 
  baud 
  erectis 
  ad 
  latera 
  parce 
  vestito, 
  

   elytris 
  punctatis, 
  antice 
  parcc 
  granulatis 
  ad 
  apicem 
  rotundatis 
  serratis, 
  spina 
  suturali 
  proruinula, 
  lunula 
  buruerali 
  

   curvata, 
  apicali 
  antice 
  inflexa, 
  linca 
  media 
  elongata 
  obliqua 
  obtuse 
  angulata 
  in 
  striga 
  marginal! 
  qua: 
  lunulas 
  baud 
  

   attingit 
  oriente, 
  tenuibus 
  albis; 
  subtus 
  viridi-fenea, 
  lateribus 
  pube 
  depressa 
  dense 
  vestita, 
  pleuris 
  cuprascentibus; 
  

   labro 
  brevi 
  albo 
  unidentato, 
  palpis 
  sexus 
  utriusque 
  pallidis 
  articulo 
  ultimo 
  tenco. 
  Long. 
  -43 
  — 
  -47. 
  

  

  Leconte, 
  Ann. 
  Lye. 
  Nat. 
  Hist, 
  of 
  New 
  York, 
  5, 
  171, 
  (1852.) 
  

  

  ? 
  0. 
  californica 
  Menetries, 
  Bull. 
  Soc. 
  Imp. 
  St. 
  Tetersb. 
  2, 
  52, 
  (1843.) 
  

  

  New 
  River, 
  Colorado 
  Desert, 
  California 
  : 
  found 
  also 
  in 
  Texas 
  on 
  the 
  Rio 
  Grande 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Schott, 
  of 
  the 
  Boundary 
  Commission, 
  and 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Berlandiere. 
  The 
  description 
  given 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Menetries 
  of 
  C. 
  californica 
  applies 
  to 
  this 
  species 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  it 
  goes, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  extremely 
  

   imperfect, 
  and 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  feel 
  authorized 
  in 
  suppressing 
  the 
  name 
  given 
  by 
  me. 
  I 
  may 
  

   add 
  that 
  Mr. 
  Motschulsky, 
  who 
  possesses 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  C. 
  californica, 
  failed 
  to 
  recognise 
  

   the 
  species 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  In 
  order, 
  however, 
  to 
  save 
  a 
  reference 
  to 
  a 
  rare 
  work, 
  I 
  

   copy 
  the 
  original 
  description. 
  

  

  'C. 
  californica, 
  parallela, 
  obscure 
  ferruginea 
  subtus 
  albo-pilosa; 
  elytris 
  lunula 
  bumerali, 
  apicalique 
  integris, 
  

   fascia 
  media 
  extus 
  dilatata 
  (lunulam 
  humeralem 
  fere 
  attingente) 
  intus 
  bamulo 
  oblique 
  deseendente 
  albis; 
  podibus 
  

   gracilioribus 
  lnuL 
  r 
  is;.iiniM. 
  

  

  ' 
  Cette 
  espece 
  a 
  quelqu 
  ressemblanei 
  ivec 
  la 
  0. 
  spim'gera 
  Eschseh. 
  de 
  ,<"ii 
  Atlas 
  zoologique, 
  inais 
  elle 
  est 
  

  

  