360 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., ’o8 
Notes on Tiger-Beetles and Elevations. 
FRANKLIN SHERMAN, JR., Dept. Agric., Raleigh, N. C. 
In company with Mr. C. S. Brimley, I spent the first two 
weeks of May this year (1908), in the southern part of the 
mountainous region of western North Carolina, for purposes 
of zoological exploration. This region contains some of the 
highest peaks and ranges of the entire Appalachian mountain 
system, and as it is near the southern terminus of the system, 
it furnishes an excellent field for observations on the effect 
of elevation upon distribution. During the trip the counties 
of Transylvania, Jackson, Macon and Cherokee were collected 
in to greater or lesser extent, the localities ranging from 2,000 
to 4,300 feet elevation. 
The season was undoubtedly too early for the best observa- 
tions on some species of Tiger-beetles, but certain ones which 
were observed, especially C. purpurea, seemed to show such 
definite limits of distribution, that it seems worth while to place 
these observations on record. 
Cicindela repanda. 
Already recorded throughout all the western two-thirds of 
the state, and at various elevations, but is generally restricted 
to lighter-colored soils, gravels, sands, etc., in vicinity of 
streams. One specimen was taken along roadside on moun- 
tain at Andrews at about 2,500 feet elevation. The only water 
near was small rills, hardly large and deep enough for me to 
find opportunity to drink. At Lake Toxaway, 3,000 feet ele- 
vation, several specimens were taken along shores of lake. 
Cicindela sexguttata. 
The specimens collected on the trip may belong to the variety 
harrisi. The species was frequently taken, and still more fre- 
quently seen, at various elevations from 2,000 to 3,500 feet. 
At Andrews in Cherokee County it was a common species on 
the lower parts of a mountain road, being mingled at the high- 
er elevations with splendida and purpurea, It was also com- 
mon at an elevation of 2,500 to 3,000 feet along road from 
Highlands to Franklin, in Macon County, and was also taken at 
Blantyre, Transylvania County, and at Aquone, Macon County. 
