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12 (.'!")). CiciNDELA HiRTicoLLis Say. Ti-iins. Amer. Phil. Soc. I. 



1S18, 411; ibid. II, 2. 

 Brown bronze above; beneatli liroeii, very hairy; huuieral 

 lunule bent npward at its hind extremity anci connected by a 

 marginal line with middle band, the marginal line usually broken 

 before the apical lunule. Front hairy. Thorax quadrate, flat, 

 very hairy. Elytra granulate-punctate, suddenly dilated l)efore 

 the middle in both sexes. Length 13-14 mm. (Figs. 15a and 22.) 



Fig. 22. 



Abundant along the shore of Lake Michigan and on the (AfterLeng.) 

 sand dunes back from the lake; also found on the sandy 

 beaches of other large lakes in northern Indiana. Hay 13-Sept. 5. 



13 (40). CicmDELA PUNCTUL.VTA OHv., Ent. II, 1704, 27. 



Slender, subcylindrical. Black, dark brown or greenish-bronzed above; 

 greenish-blue beneath; the whitish markings, except the apical lunule, 

 usually reduced to one or two minute dots, with rarely a broken humeral 

 lunule and interrupted middle band present. Front without hairs. Thorax 

 sparsely hairy, very finely granulate. Elytra densely punctured, each with 

 a row of larger green punctures near the suture. Length 11-14 mm. 



Throughout the State ; one of the most common and widely dis- 

 tributed of tiger beetles. Often found about electric lights and on 

 the walks of the cities ; also along dry upland roads and especially 

 pathways in open woods. May 25-November 4. 



14 (45). CiciNDELA OXJPEASCENS Lec, Proe. Phil. Acad. Nat. Sci., 

 1852, 65. 

 Cupreous or greenish-bronzed above; markings complete and 

 connected along the marginal line. Front hairy. Thorax flat- 

 tened, nearly quadrate, slightly rounded at sides, thinly clothed 

 with white hairs. Outer margin of male elytron slightly sinuate; 

 of female elytron strongly sinuate with a tooth one-fourth from 

 the tip. Length 12-14 mm. (Fig. 23.). 



(Aftp^Ung ) Frequent along the sandy beach of Lake Michigan, near 

 Pine, Lake County and Dune Park, Porter County; also a 

 single example from a sand bar in Putnam County. Probably wide- 

 ly distributed in the State. Julj^ 5-September 1. 



Those found along the beach of Lake Michigan are more slender, 

 less strongly punctured and with the marginal tooth of the female 

 elytron more obtuse than in the Putnam County form. They are to 

 be referred to the variety macra Lec. 



15 (55). CiciNDELA LEPiDA Doj., Spec. V, 1831, 255. 



Flat and broad. Head and thorax greenish-bronze, hairy; 

 elytra white with a few green or bronze dark lines; under sur- 

 face densely clothed with white hair. Elytra sinuate at apex, ,.J'^'^*' 

 more deeply so in female. Length 9-12 mm. (Fig. 24.) ""^ "*' 



Taken in the State only on the bare white sand along the beach 

 of Lake iMicbigan near Pine, Lake County, and Dune Park, Porter 



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