A NEW SPECIES OF CICINDELA FROM ILLINOIS (COLEOP.)

Extract

Somewhat similar to C. celeripes Lec, but with fully developed wings. Brownish bronzed, the punctured part on thc elytra greenish white or greenish blue; antennae with four basal joints bronzed, apical joints dark, hairy; palpi pale, yellowish, apical joints dark at tip; elytral markings grayish white, somewhat variable, but usually with a narrow marginal line or dash at middle, an apical line or lunule, the marginal line usually connected with the apical lunule, twelve of the thirty-three specimens have an indication of a humeral lunule and trace of a median spot, suggesting that a median band may be found on some future specimens.