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  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  CICINDEL^ 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  and 
  from 
  C. 
  tortuosa 
  by 
  the 
  distinctly 
  granulate 
  thorax. 
  Should 
  it 
  be 
  ne- 
  

   cessary 
  to 
  unite 
  the 
  preceding 
  with 
  this 
  species, 
  let 
  C. 
  serpens 
  be 
  the 
  name 
  retained. 
  

  

  44. 
  C. 
  signioidea, 
  supra 
  fusco-amea, 
  thoracc 
  distincte 
  subtiliter 
  granulato, 
  elytris 
  confertirn 
  profunde 
  viridi- 
  

   punctatis, 
  lunula 
  huiucrali 
  inflesa 
  subbaniate, 
  fascia 
  media 
  tortuosa, 
  linea 
  marginal] 
  cum 
  fascia 
  et 
  macula 
  laterali 
  

   coniuncta, 
  lunulaque 
  apicali 
  antice 
  inflesa 
  subbamata 
  albis, 
  ad 
  apicem 
  serrulatis. 
  Long. 
  -44 
  — 
  -47. 
  

  

  Lecoute, 
  Ann. 
  Lye. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  5, 
  172. 
  

  

  C. 
  trifasciata 
  var. 
  Chaud. 
  Bull. 
  Mosc. 
  1854, 
  5, 
  172. 
  

  

  San 
  Diego, 
  California, 
  on 
  the 
  sea-shore. 
  Baron 
  Chaudoir, 
  to 
  whom 
  I 
  sent 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   this 
  species, 
  regards 
  it 
  as 
  merely 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  C. 
  tortuosa, 
  which 
  varies 
  somewhat 
  in 
  the 
  

   width 
  of 
  the 
  elytral 
  markings. 
  The 
  great 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  punctuation 
  of 
  the 
  elytra, 
  a 
  

   character 
  found 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  specimens 
  collected, 
  induces 
  me 
  to 
  separate 
  it 
  from 
  C. 
  serpens, 
  

   while 
  the 
  distinct 
  granulation 
  of 
  the 
  thorax 
  prevents 
  it 
  being 
  joined 
  to 
  the 
  next 
  species. 
  

  

  45. 
  C. 
  tortuosa, 
  supra 
  fusco-atra, 
  tborace 
  subtilissime 
  granulato, 
  elytris 
  disperse 
  viridi-punctatis 
  lunula 
  hu- 
  

   merali 
  inflesa, 
  fascia 
  media 
  tortuosa, 
  linea 
  marginali 
  s;Bpe 
  obliterata, 
  macula 
  marginali 
  lunulaque 
  apicali 
  antice 
  in- 
  

   flesa 
  subhamata 
  tenuissimis 
  albis, 
  ad 
  apicem 
  serrulatis. 
  Long. 
  -43 
  — 
  -48. 
  

  

  Mas 
  elytris 
  subparallelis. 
  

  

  Femina 
  elytris 
  pone 
  medium 
  latioribus. 
  

  

  Dej. 
  Sp. 
  Gen. 
  1, 
  87. 
  

  

  <C. 
  trifasciata 
  Fabr.' 
  Klug, 
  Jabrb. 
  1, 
  21 
  : 
  Cbaud. 
  Bull. 
  Mosc. 
  1854 
  : 
  Lee. 
  Ann. 
  Lye. 
  4, 
  181; 
  tab. 
  14, 
  fig. 
  10. 
  

  

  Georgia 
  and 
  Louisiana, 
  on 
  the 
  mud 
  of 
  rice 
  fields. 
  Besides 
  the 
  finer 
  and 
  almost 
  indis- 
  

   tinct 
  granulation 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  the 
  punctures 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  are 
  smaller 
  and 
  less 
  deep 
  than 
  

   in 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  group. 
  The 
  white 
  markings 
  are 
  very 
  narrow 
  and 
  frequently 
  

   interrupted. 
  

  

  The 
  'C. 
  trifasciata 
  Fabr.' 
  figured 
  by 
  Olivier 
  and 
  Herbst, 
  does 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  resemble 
  this 
  

   species, 
  nor, 
  as 
  observed 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Harris 
  in 
  a 
  letter 
  to 
  me, 
  can 
  the 
  original 
  words 
  of 
  the 
  

   Fabrician 
  description 
  'striga 
  secunda 
  flexuosa' 
  be 
  applied 
  to 
  it, 
  since 
  the 
  same 
  expression 
  

   is 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  descriptions 
  of 
  C. 
  flexuosa 
  and 
  lurida, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  middle 
  band 
  is 
  rectangu- 
  

   larly 
  bent, 
  as 
  in 
  our 
  C. 
  vulgaris 
  and 
  many 
  others. 
  Moreover, 
  the 
  remark 
  'Habitat 
  Italia 
  

   paullo 
  minor,' 
  (Ent. 
  Syst. 
  1, 
  177) 
  must 
  be 
  allowed 
  to 
  have 
  some 
  weight 
  in 
  the 
  determi- 
  

   nation, 
  and 
  if 
  the 
  name 
  be 
  not 
  applied 
  to 
  some 
  "West 
  Indian 
  species 
  resembling 
  one 
  found 
  

   in 
  Europe, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  entirely 
  dropped, 
  as 
  tending 
  to 
  confusion. 
  

  

  GROUP 
  xv. 
  

   A 
  species 
  of 
  normal 
  form 
  ; 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  are 
  very 
  finely 
  granulate, 
  the 
  former 
  

   is 
  glabrous 
  and 
  finely 
  striate 
  near 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  subcylindrical, 
  convex 
  and 
  slightly 
  

   rounded 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  which 
  are 
  sparingly 
  pilose. 
  Labrum 
  one-toothed, 
  labial 
  palpi 
  pale 
  

   with 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  dark 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large. 
  Elytra 
  finely 
  serrate, 
  with 
  the 
  tip 
  rounded 
  in 
  both 
  

   sexes, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  sutural 
  spine 
  ; 
  densely 
  punctured, 
  with 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  unusually 
  large 
  fovea? 
  

   near 
  the 
  suture 
  : 
  markings 
  interrupted 
  ; 
  the 
  medial 
  band 
  from 
  the 
  position 
  of 
  the 
  spots, 
  

  

  