42 REVISION OF THE CICINDELA OF THE UNITED STATES. 
the other species of this group) but is oblique, and only obtusely bent, terminating, how- 
ever, as in the preceding, in a round spot. The body beneath is bluish green. I have 
already indicated this species (Proc. Acad. Nat. Se. 7,16) as perhaps allied to C. longi- 
labris, but on farther examination it appears to have no relation to that species. 
23. C. guttifera, fusco-enea, fronte parce pilosa, utrinque subtiliter striata, thorace latitudine breviore sub- 
quadrato, postice vix angustato, elytris pone humeros obtusos sensim latioribus, postice rotundatis subtilius serratis, 
spina suturali parva haud prominula, punctatis granulatis, lunulis late interruptis, fascia media rectangulariter re- 
fracta, ad marginem haud latiore albis, subtus viridi-zenea, pleuris omnibus cupreis albo pilosis; labro albo uniden- 
tato. Long. -d. 
Mas latet. 
Santa Fe, New Mexico, collected by Mr. Fendler. Resembles precisely in its form and 
markings C. oregona, but differs in having the tip of the elytra less serrate, and the sutu- 
ral spine not prominent. The copper pleure afford also a good character for its separa- 
tion: these are, however, found in C. 12-guttata, from which the present differs by the 
middle band being not at all dilated on the margin, and by the completely isolated spots 
into which the lunules are divided. 
24. CO. duodecim-guttata, supra nigra, fusco-zenea, vel etiam cuprascens et cyanea, fronte parce pilosa, utrin- 
que subtiliter striata, thorace latitudine breviore subquadrato, postice subangustato, lateribus albo-pilosis, elytris 
pone humeros sensim latioribus, postice rotundatis subtilius serratis, spina suturali haud prominula, granulatis punc- 
tatis, (punctis seepe vix distinctis,) lanula humerali curvata apicalique seepe interruptis, fasciaque media rectangu- 
lariter refracta, in striga marginali oriente albis; subtus viridi, vel cyaneo-enea, lateribus albo-pilosis, pleuris cu- 
prascentibus, labro albo unidentato. Long. -47—-54. 
Mas palpis labialibus articulo penultimo pallido: femina palpis concoloribus, elytris latioribus. 
Dej. Sp. Gen. 1, 73; Gould, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 1, 51; tab. 3, fig. 3. 
C. Proteus Kirby, Fauna Bor. Am. 4, 9. 
Lake Superior, New York, near water, usually on causeways over marshes, or on the 
shores of lakes. Varies considerably, not only in the spots, which are sometimes entire, and 
sometimes interrupted, or even obsolete, but also in colour, as mentioned in the diagno- 
sis: the sculpture too varies, because in the specimens of a black colour, the punctures 
vanish, and the elytra seem only sparsely granulate. When the colour is bronzed olive 
or coppery, the punctures are blue, and are very distinct. 
Perfectly marked specimens, as well as those of coppery and greenish colour, have been 
found by me, only at Lake Superior: but a remarkable specimen of a fine blue colour 
with very complete marks was taken by Dr. Kirtland at Fort Gratiot, and kindly pre- 
sented to me. Those found near the Atlantic vary but little, being of a dull blackish 
bronze colour, with the marks interrupted: the marginal white line connected with the 
middle band disappears occasionally, but the markings of the middle band are then ex- 
tremely small and imperfect, so that even such specimens could not be confounded with 
the two preceding species. 
