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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Family CICINDELIDiE. 



The "tiger beetles," predatory in habit, long-legged, rather slender, active 

 beetles, running usually in open sandy spots, flying readily when disturbed. 

 The larvse live in vertical burrows in sandy soil, watching at the mouth for 

 such unwary creatures as come that way. They are of no economic value, 

 because their prey does not consist of injurious insects. 



Fig. 78. — Four common tiger beetles : a, Cicindela repanda ; b, C. generosa ; c, C. sexpunctata ; 



d, C. purpurea. 



CICINDELA Linn. 



C. unipunctata Fabr. Atco, Woodstown (Li), DaCosta, VII (W). A rare 

 species, partly nocturnal in habit, found running in pine woods along 

 roads before dark (W). 



C. modesta Dej. Local in Camden, Atlantic Co. ( W), Gloucester (W, Li), 

 and Ocean (Sm) Counties, Manchester, VI and IX, Staten Island, IV 

 and X (Dsi, Jamesburg, VII, 4, Lahaway, III, 15, IV, 18, V, 21, VI, 28, 

 VII, 2, IX, 20, Greenville, iSmi, near Newark Bay (Bf), Brigantine, 

 mainland (Hn). 



C. rugifrons Dej. Manchester, IX (Lg), Aqueduct, Long Island, one 

 season very common. 



C. sexguttata Fabr. Occurs throughout the State in open woods or along 

 shaded roads, and reported by all contributors. It is found from April to 

 July. 



var. consentanea Dej. Local, sometimes common : Atco, late VIII 

 and early IX (W, Li), Brigantine, mainland, IX (Hn), Man- 

 chester, VI, IX (Lg, Ds). 



C. patruela Dej. Specimens labelled "N. J." are in the Horn Collection. 

 This has been regarded as a form of 6-guttata, but Casey considers it 

 distinct, — correctly so, I think. 



C. purpurea Oliv. Reported from all points, between April and July and 

 again in September, though hardly abundant anywhere. 



C. generosa Dej. Occurs throughout the State, but somewhat local and 

 rarely in numbers. Reported by all contributors, except in the moun- 

 tains, every month from April to October. 



