( -i'-)^ ) XIV. Additions to the Cicindelidse fauna of Mexico, ivith remarks on some of the 'previously-recorded species. By Henry Walter Bates, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. [Read May 7th, 1890.] Plate XVI. The object of the present paper is to make known the additions to the coleopterous fauna of Mexico, as far as regards the family Cicindelidce, which have been received by Messrs. Godman and Salvin since the completion of Coleoptera, vol. i., part 1, of the ' Biologia Centrali-Americana,' and to describe such species and well-marked varieties as appear to be new to Science, cor-recting at the same time the descriptions and identifi-cations of known species by the light of the more complete material since received. In the * Biologia ' the total number of CicindclidcB recorded was 61 belonging to 5 genera. In the present paper the total is increased to 78, the additions, 17 species, belonging all to the restricted genus Cicindela. Cicindela ohsoleta, Say. Var. or race Santaclarce. Elytra utrinque maculis quatuor discretis (Ima humerali 2nda infra humerali 3ia et 4ta medianis oblique positis) lunulaque apicaii interdum interrupta apice intus recurva, albis. Colore supra variat ; (1) sat laete viridis (sicut in C. campestris) et (2) pur-pureo-fusca, opaca marginibus anguste Isetioribus. Long. IG — 20 mm. Hah. Santa Clara in Chihuahua {Hoge). Excepting the conspicuous and separated maculation of the elytra this form shows no difference from the type-form, and from numerous varieties of C. ohsoleta found in Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, none of which exhibit a similar number and form of spots. The second and third spots are always distant from the margin, and the TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1890.— PART III. (SEPT.)
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