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PLATE XV 



Figures 284-328. Showing the patterns of North American species belonging 

 chiefly to the Mexican and C. argentata groups and having cross bands 5 and 6 

 both distinctly represented in the majority. For meaning of letters see page 9. 

 Various combinations of spots which go to make up the oblique vitta of some of 

 the species of the group are represented in figures 291, 296, 297, 311, 312, 313, 

 319, and 320; compare these with figures 23 and 24 and 78 to 82. 



Explanation of Plate 



Fig. 284, C. polita Lee. (Texas); 285, abdominalis Fabr. (Atlantic coast, 

 U. S.) ; 286, rufiventris aber. cumatilis Lee. (Texas) ; 287, rufiveiitris Dej. (East- 

 ern U. S.) ; 288, 16 punctata Klg. (N. Mex.) ; 289, carthagena subsp. hentsi G. 

 Horn (Mass.); 290, 16 punctata Klg. (Mexico); 291-2910^ rufiventris aber. mcllyi 

 Chd. (Mexico) ; 292, trifasciata Fabr. (S. A.) ; 293-2930, h, trifasciata subsp. sig- 

 nwidca Lee. (S. U. S.) ; 294, carthagena Dej. (Mexico) ; 295, rufiventris subsp. 

 16 punctatd Klg. (Mexico); 296, rufiventris aber mellyi Chd. (Mexico); 297, 

 niclaleuca Dej.(S. A.); 298, obsoleta Say (S. W. U. S.) ; 299, fera Chv. (Mex- 

 ico) ; 300, pusilla subsp. cinctipennis Lee. (S. W. U. S.) ; 301, punctulata Oliv. 

 (U. S. and Mex.) ; 302, argentata subsp. aureola Klg. (S. A.) ; 303-3030, argentata 

 Fabr. (Brazil) ; 304, lunalonga Schm. (California) ; 305, celeripes Lee. (Central 

 U. S.) ; 306, cursitans Lee. (Miss. Valley); 307, schaupii G. Horn (Texas); 308- 

 308a, nephelota Bat. (Mexico) ; 309-3090, chlorostricta subsp^ staudingeri Horn 

 (S. A.) ; 310, argentata subsp. venustula Gory (Mexico) ; 311-3110, pusilla subsp. 

 imperfecta Lee. (Pacific States) ; 312, luteolineata Chvr. (Mexico) ; 313, lem- 

 niscata Lee. (Arizona) ; 314, debilis Bates, after Bates (Mexico) ; 315, favergeri 

 Brll., after Andouin and Brulle (S. A.) ; 316, 3160, 317, roseiventris Chvr. (Mex- 

 ico) ; 318, flavopunctata Chvr. (Mexico) ; 319, pu^silla subsp. imperfecta Lee. (Pa- 

 cific States) ; 320, crarcri Thms. (Mexico) ; 321, marquardti Horn — the only 

 Cicindelid without a middle band (Sao Paulo) ; 322, hoegei Bat. after Bates 

 (Mexico); 323-323(7, h, sommeri Mann. (Mexico); 324, anulipes Horn (S. A.); 

 32s, flavopunctata Chvr. (U. S. and Mexico) ; 326, chrysippe Bates (Mexico) ; 

 328, severa Laf. (Gulf States and N. M.) ; 328, striga Lee. (Florida). 



