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  REVISION 
  OF 
  TIIE 
  CICINDEL.E 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES. 
  

  

  what 
  obliquely 
  narrowed, 
  and 
  very 
  finely 
  serrate, 
  the 
  sutural 
  spine 
  is 
  distinct, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  

   females 
  known 
  to 
  me 
  the 
  suture 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  retracted, 
  and 
  the 
  tips 
  are 
  separately 
  round- 
  

   ed. 
  Body 
  beneath 
  densely 
  hairy 
  on 
  the 
  sides, 
  anus 
  testaceous 
  or 
  piceous. 
  Tarsi 
  of 
  the 
  

   male 
  very 
  slightly 
  dilated. 
  

  

  Of 
  this 
  group 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  me 
  three 
  principal 
  forms, 
  which 
  might 
  almost 
  form 
  distinct 
  

   groups. 
  

  

  1. 
  Front 
  glabrous, 
  deeply 
  striate; 
  etytra 
  with 
  a 
  marginal 
  spot 
  and 
  apical 
  lunule. 
  C. 
  severa. 
  

  

  2. 
  Front 
  glabrous, 
  finely 
  striate; 
  elytra 
  with 
  broad 
  white 
  margin. 
  C. 
  circumpieta, 
  pnvtextata. 
  

  

  3. 
  Front 
  densely 
  pubescent; 
  elytra 
  with 
  broad 
  white 
  margin. 
  G. 
  togata. 
  

  

  56. 
  C. 
  severa, 
  olivacea, 
  vel 
  viridi-nigra, 
  subnitida, 
  capite 
  thoraceque 
  fere 
  politis, 
  illo 
  glabro 
  utrinque 
  valde 
  

   striato, 
  hoc 
  parcc 
  rugoso, 
  convcxo 
  latcribus 
  rotundato, 
  elytris 
  ad 
  apicem 
  subtilissime 
  serrulatis, 
  antice 
  fortiter, 
  

   postiee 
  obsoletius 
  punctatis, 
  gutta 
  marginali 
  ad 
  medium 
  lunulaque 
  apieali 
  antice 
  inflesa 
  albis 
  ; 
  subtus 
  viridi-senca, 
  

   latcribus 
  pilosis, 
  ano 
  vel 
  obscuro 
  vel 
  testaceo; 
  labro 
  acute 
  tridentato. 
  Long. 
  -57 
  — 
  •". 
  

  

  Mas 
  elytris 
  cylindricis, 
  sutura 
  prominula, 
  palpis 
  pallidis 
  articulo 
  ultimo 
  nigro-reneo. 
  

   Femina 
  elytris 
  planiusculis, 
  sutura 
  parum 
  retracta, 
  palpis 
  maxillaribus 
  basi 
  piceis. 
  

   La 
  Forte, 
  Revue 
  Zoologique, 
  1841, 
  41. 
  

  

  Texas 
  and 
  New 
  Mexico 
  : 
  the 
  male, 
  although 
  unique, 
  was 
  very 
  liberally 
  given 
  me 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Schaum 
  : 
  the 
  female 
  was 
  found 
  at 
  Tampico 
  by 
  Lieut. 
  Haldeman. 
  

  

  57. 
  C. 
  circumpieta, 
  olivacea 
  sub-nitida, 
  capite 
  vix 
  rugoso-granulato, 
  utrinque 
  subtilius 
  striato, 
  thorace 
  con- 
  

   vcxo, 
  lateribus 
  valdc 
  rotundatis, 
  vix 
  parce 
  rugoso, 
  elytris 
  fortius 
  punctatis, 
  ad 
  apicem 
  subtilissime 
  serrulatis, 
  mar- 
  

   gine 
  late 
  albo, 
  iutus 
  lobato, 
  et 
  ad 
  medium 
  oblique 
  unidentato; 
  subtus 
  obscure 
  viridi-oenea, 
  lateribus 
  pube 
  densa 
  

   depressa 
  vestitis, 
  abdomine 
  ad 
  apicem 
  nigro-piceo, 
  labro 
  tridentato. 
  Long. 
  -55. 
  

  

  La 
  Ferte, 
  Revue 
  Zoologique, 
  1841, 
  39 
  ; 
  193. 
  

  

  Texas 
  : 
  the 
  only 
  specimen 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  was 
  a 
  male, 
  which 
  was 
  most 
  kindly 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  

   by 
  Prof. 
  Lacordaire. 
  

  

  58. 
  G. 
  prtetextata, 
  fusco-cenea, 
  vol 
  cuprea, 
  subtiliter 
  granulata, 
  baud 
  nitida, 
  capite 
  utrinque 
  subtiliter 
  striato, 
  

   thorace 
  dorso 
  minus 
  convexo, 
  lateribus 
  paulo 
  rotundatis, 
  albo-pilosis, 
  elytris 
  punctatis 
  ad 
  apicem 
  subtilissime 
  serru- 
  

   latis, 
  margine 
  lato 
  albo 
  intus 
  valde 
  lobato, 
  ad 
  medium 
  ramo 
  brevi 
  obliquo 
  lato 
  emittente 
  albis; 
  subtus 
  viridi-oenea 
  

   pube 
  densa 
  alba 
  vestita, 
  pectore 
  abdomincque 
  medio 
  glabris, 
  ano 
  testaceo 
  ; 
  labro 
  unidentato. 
  Long. 
  -55. 
  

  

  Lee. 
  Proc. 
  Acad. 
  Nat. 
  Sc. 
  7, 
  220. 
  

  

  Mas 
  sutura 
  prominula, 
  palpis 
  pallidis 
  articulo 
  ultimo 
  oeneo. 
  

  

  Femina 
  sutura 
  valde 
  retracta, 
  palpis 
  maxillaribus 
  ad 
  basin 
  piceo-testaeeis. 
  

  

  Collected 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Thos. 
  H. 
  Webb, 
  of 
  the 
  Mexican 
  Boundary 
  Commission, 
  and 
  probably 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Gila. 
  

  

  59. 
  C. 
  togata, 
  fuseo-cuprea, 
  granulata, 
  haud 
  nitida, 
  capite 
  thoraceque 
  albo-pubescentibus, 
  hoc 
  lateribus 
  rotun- 
  

   datis, 
  elytris 
  valde 
  punctatis 
  margine 
  latissime 
  albo 
  intus 
  trilobato, 
  ad 
  apicem 
  serrulatis; 
  subtus 
  viridi-senea, 
  pube 
  

   densa 
  alba 
  vestita, 
  pectore 
  abdoniineque 
  medio 
  glabris, 
  ano 
  testaceo, 
  labro 
  unidentato. 
  Long. 
  -44. 
  

  

  La 
  Ferte, 
  Revue 
  Zoologique, 
  1841, 
  40. 
  

  

  Texas, 
  Dr. 
  Schaum; 
  Tampico, 
  Lieut. 
  Haldeman. 
  The 
  female 
  is 
  unknown 
  to 
  me. 
  

  

  