TIGER BEETLES 171 
The New Zealand species under discussion here, under the names of Neocicindela 
perhispida (Broun, 1880) and N. brevilunata (Horn, 1926), are clearly allopatric and 
separated by distinct differences in the elytral patterns. However, the previously 
recognised three subspecies of N. perhispida are here shown to be one continuous 
series with elytral pattern varying according to sand colour. Consequently, it is 
considered here that they are not true subspecies and the previous subspecific names 
are used as pattern or varietal names only. 
Freitag (1979) used female genitalia for Cicindela species but they are all of very 
similar form. Rivalier (1963) figured the male genitalia of one New Zealand species but 
mainly to demonstrate generic differences. Genitalia of a few specimens of northern 
coastal tiger beetles have been examined superficially but no obvious differences were 
seen and they are not considered further within the scope of this paper. 
NOMENCLATURE 
The two northern species of coastal tiger beetles (Coleoptera:Cicindelidae) are 
listed with synonymic lists of references of importance in nomenclature. Specimens in 
overseas collections, examined recently by the author, are all included, with the 
addition of type specimens of Neocicindela perhispida giveni in New Zealand. 
In view of the extensive collections recorded above (Table 1) it is not felt necessary 
to record all specimens held in New Zealand collections as they are readily available 
and all those seen confirm the observations made. 
Abbreviations for collections 
BMHN(Broun) — Broun Collection in British Museum (Natural History), 
London. 
BMNH(Ent) — Main Entomology Collection in British Museum (Natural 
History), London. 
BPBM — Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. 
ATIE(Horn) — Horn Collection in Abteilung Taxonomie der Insekten, Institut 
fur Pflanzenschutzforschung, Eberswalde (previously 
Deutsches Entomologisches Institut). 
MNHN — Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. 
NZAC — New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Entomology Division, 
D.S.1.R., Auckland. 
In the following specimen data, separate labels are indicated (by a stop and space) 
wherever possible and numbers of specimens are given in brackets where necessary. 
