. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. THE TIGER BEETLES. 29 1 (13). Teteacha virginica Linn., Syst. Nat., II, 1735, 567. Dark gold green; elytra blackish at middle, their sides with a broad metallic green stripe; antennae, legs and last ventral segment dull brownish-yellow. Length 20-24 mm. (Fig. T.) Vigo, Knox, Crawford and Posey counties; frequent. June 30-September 25. Probably oc- curs in most of the counties covered by the Au- stroriparian
. An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the coleoptera or beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana : with bibliography and descriptions of new species . Beetles. THE TIGER BEETLES. 29 1 (13). Teteacha virginica Linn., Syst. Nat., II, 1735, 567. Dark gold green; elytra blackish at middle, their sides with a broad metallic green stripe; antennae, legs and last ventral segment dull brownish-yellow. Length 20-24 mm. (Fig. T.) Vigo, Knox, Crawford and Posey counties; frequent. June 30-September 25. Probably oc- curs in most of the counties covered by the Au- stroriparian fauna. It is found beneath stones, ^'«- ''â wheat shocks and other hiding places, especially along and near streams, and is often attracted by electric and other lights. The other species, T. Carolina Linn., is slightly larger and of a lighter green hue, with the apical portion of the elytra, legs and antenna; yellow. II. CiciNDELA Linn. 1735. (L., "a candle or ;) This genus is represented in the United States by 75 or more species and many varieties. In shape they are very uniform, but differ much in size and color, and have the head large, with promi- nent eyes; thorax varying from cylindrical to a flattened trape- zoidal form and narrower than head; elytra usually quite convex and subparallel at the sides with the tips usually rounded, emar- ginate in one group. Unlike most other members of the family the species of Cicin- dela are diurnal in habit, hiding by night and on cloudy or rainy days in holes dug in the sand, or beneath bark, chips, stones and rubbish. On bright sunny days, however, they are out in numbers, frequenting those haunts for wliich nature has fitted them. Here, as long as motionless, their hues blend with their surroundings in such a manner as to render them unnoticeable to higher forms. It is very probable that several species which occur in early spring hibernate in the perfect or imago stage. A number of them are double brooded. Fif
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