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  REVISION 
  OF 
  THE 
  CICINDELiE 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  an 
  inhabitant 
  of 
  our 
  territory, 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  hesitate 
  to 
  introduce 
  this 
  species 
  into 
  our 
  fauna, 
  

   believing 
  that 
  its 
  range 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  extend 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Kio 
  Grande. 
  

  

  GROUP 
  XVII. 
  

  

  A 
  group 
  containing 
  species 
  of 
  rather 
  flat 
  form, 
  brown 
  metallic 
  colour 
  and 
  sericeous 
  sur- 
  

   face, 
  but 
  specially 
  remarkable 
  for 
  having 
  the 
  posterior 
  lunule 
  of 
  the 
  elytra 
  represented 
  by 
  

   a 
  large 
  submarginal 
  spot, 
  while 
  the 
  terminal 
  part, 
  or 
  lunule 
  proper, 
  is 
  entirely 
  wanting. 
  

   The 
  eyes 
  are 
  moderate, 
  the 
  head 
  glabrous, 
  finely 
  granulate, 
  striate 
  near 
  the 
  eyes: 
  labrum 
  

   one-toothed 
  : 
  maxillary 
  palpi 
  green-bronzed 
  ; 
  labial 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  pale 
  with 
  the 
  last 
  joint 
  

   bronzed. 
  Thorax 
  cpiadrate, 
  hardly 
  rounded 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  deeply 
  impressed, 
  more 
  flat 
  in 
  

   the 
  female 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  alutaceous, 
  not 
  rugose 
  or 
  granulate. 
  Elytra 
  serrate 
  at 
  tip, 
  

   broadly 
  rounded, 
  with 
  sutural 
  spine 
  distinct, 
  punctures 
  not 
  deep, 
  subsutural 
  fovea) 
  not 
  

   very 
  distinct 
  ; 
  with 
  three 
  marginal 
  spots, 
  one 
  discoidal 
  and 
  one 
  humeral 
  round 
  spot 
  : 
  be- 
  

   neath 
  metallic 
  blue, 
  pubescent 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  of 
  one 
  species 
  partly 
  red. 
  Two 
  spe- 
  

   cies 
  of 
  this 
  group 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  me, 
  both 
  Mexican, 
  of 
  which 
  one 
  extends 
  its 
  range 
  into 
  Texas. 
  

  

  48. 
  C. 
  decostignia, 
  obscura, 
  fuseo-renea, 
  fronte 
  utrinque 
  striolata, 
  thorace 
  quadrato 
  alutacco, 
  vix 
  rugoso, 
  

   lateribua 
  baud 
  rotuudatis 
  parce 
  albo-pilosis, 
  clytris 
  punctatis 
  ad 
  apicem 
  serratis, 
  spina 
  suturali 
  parva, 
  macula 
  hu- 
  

   merali, 
  tribus 
  subnaarginalibus, 
  alteraque 
  discoidali 
  inter 
  socundani 
  et 
  postremam 
  versus 
  suturam, 
  omnibus 
  rotun- 
  

   datis 
  albis 
  : 
  subtus 
  cyanea, 
  versus 
  latera 
  albo-pilosa, 
  pleuris 
  cupreis, 
  labro 
  albo 
  unidentato; 
  palpis 
  labialibus 
  sesus 
  

   utriusque 
  pallidis 
  articulo 
  ultimo 
  rcneo. 
  Long. 
  -5. 
  

  

  Chevr. 
  Col. 
  Mex. 
  1st 
  cent. 
  fasc. 
  3. 
  

  

  Fredericksburg, 
  Texas, 
  and 
  Tampico, 
  Mexico, 
  Lieut. 
  Haldeman, 
  Rio 
  Bravo 
  : 
  Dr. 
  Ber- 
  

   landiere. 
  Very 
  closely 
  resembles 
  C. 
  flavopunctata 
  Chevr.; 
  but 
  differs 
  by 
  its 
  more 
  

   dull 
  colour, 
  by 
  the 
  suture 
  not 
  being 
  brilliant 
  cupreous, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  two 
  joints 
  of 
  the 
  ab- 
  

   domen 
  being 
  bluish 
  black 
  instead 
  of 
  testaceous. 
  

  

  GROUP 
  xvni. 
  

   Moderately 
  elongate 
  species 
  with 
  sericeous 
  surface 
  and 
  red 
  abdomen. 
  The 
  labrum 
  is 
  

   one-toothed 
  ; 
  the 
  labial 
  palpi 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  are 
  pale 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  maxillary 
  are 
  dark 
  

   piceous 
  at 
  base. 
  The 
  head 
  is 
  glabrous 
  striate 
  each 
  side. 
  Thorax 
  subquadrate, 
  or 
  sub- 
  

   cylindrical, 
  slightly 
  hairy 
  toward 
  the 
  sides. 
  Elytra 
  conjointly 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  in 
  

   both 
  sexes, 
  and 
  very 
  obsoletely 
  serrulate, 
  moderately 
  but 
  not 
  deeply 
  punctured, 
  with 
  the 
  

   normal 
  markings 
  divided 
  into 
  spots; 
  the 
  medial 
  band 
  short, 
  sometimes 
  not 
  interrupted, 
  

   usually 
  (except 
  in 
  form 
  3,) 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  its 
  ordinary 
  position 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  behind 
  

   the 
  medial 
  band, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  disc 
  just 
  before 
  the 
  apical 
  lunule 
  are 
  additional 
  spots. 
  The 
  

   legs 
  are 
  moderately 
  long, 
  and 
  the 
  dilated 
  tarsi 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  moderate. 
  The 
  under 
  surface 
  

   is 
  moderately 
  hairy 
  at 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  trunk 
  and 
  abdomen, 
  very 
  sparsely 
  hairy 
  about 
  the 
  

   thorax. 
  There 
  are 
  three 
  principal 
  forms 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  rocky 
  hills 
  

   while 
  the 
  first 
  is 
  maritime. 
  The 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  are 
  unknown 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  