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FAMILY I. CICINDELID.K. 



G. long ilahr its Say probably occurs sparingly in the northern 

 third of the State, as its range inc-ludes Michigan and Wisconsin. 



M^ 3 (19e). CiciNDELA souTELi-AKis LEcoNTEt Hald., I'roc. Phil. Acad. 



l^M Nat. Sci. YI, 1853, 361. 



I^H Elytra purplish or coppery bronze with apical lunnle, one or 



\al two marginal spots and sometimes with a humeral spot, these 



vM rarely confluent. Front hairy in male, nearly bald in female. 



Fig. 11. Femora, flanks of thorax and front and middle coxsB rather dense- 



(AfterLeng) ly clothed with long white hair. Length 12 mm. (Fig. 11.) 



This handsome variety of the western species scutellaris has so 

 far been taken only in Lake and Porter counties, and is probably 

 confined to the sandy areas of the northwestern portion of the State. 

 A¥here found it is frequent in open sandy spots and along sandy 

 pathways, usually distant from \\'ater. April 21-September 9. 



Fig. 12. 



Fig. 13. 



Fig. 14. 

 (After Wickham.) 



Fig. 15. 



Fig, 15a. 



4 (24). CioiKDELA SEXGUiTATA Fab., Syst. Ent. ITT.j. 22<i. 



Bright green above, often witl] a strong bluish reflection; each 

 elytron with one to Ave white d;.ts. these sometimes indistinct or 

 even wholly lacking. Front not hairy: under surface with only 

 a tew scattered white hairs. Elytra con>-ex. granulate-punctate. 

 Length 10-14 mm. ( Figs. 12 and Iti ) 



Throughout the State; frequent. April 9-September 

 15; One of the most attractive of our tiger beetles. It is ^s-"- 

 found most frequently along pathways in open woodlands; '■^"'"■^"^•' 

 also often on logs, beneath the loose bark of which it hides by night 

 and in cloudy weather. It has been noted on the cement sidewalks 

 near the center of Indianapolis. 



5 (24b). ClCINDET.A PATRl-EI.A Dcj., 



Resembles ftc.rf/iittata I)ut nsua 

 dian band and often the humeral lunule 

 (lots more distinct. Under side much mire hairy, the cn.xa 

 terna being especially pilose. Length 12-14.5 mm. 



Spec. 1, lS2."'i. (i2. 



ly larger and somewhat darker. Me- 



rompiete; ;i|iieal and anteaiiiral 



pro- and metas- 



