A NEW VARIETY OF CICINDELA VULGARIS

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A undescribed variety of Cicindela vulagaris, Say, is reported from the basin of the Rogue River, in S.-W. Oregon. Twenty specimens taken during the month of April of this year, and closely representative of the local tribe, present no differences except a slight one in shade of colour, indicating, apparently, that the variety is well established and worthy of a descriptive name. The elytra markings are identical with those generally recognized as possessed by vulgaris proper. It is slightly narrower and the upper surface more convex than the type. The colour is a dull coppery green, the metallic hue being more apparent, as is usual in other species, at the edges of the elytra. It seems to be a connecting link between the type and variety vibex, Horn. Its habitat suggests the name C. roguensis.