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The terrestrial Adephaga of Iowa (Part 1) by Fanny Chastina Thompson Wickham, 1895

The terrestrial Adephaga of Iowa by Fanny Chastina Thompson Wickham, 1895, Page 21

we have but two, Tetracha Hope. and Cicindela Linn. in both of which the posterior coxae are contiguous, the eyes large and prominent. They are distinguished as follows:—
a. Third joint of maxillary palpi longer than the fourth. 
Tetracha. Hope
b. Third joint of maxillary palpi shorter than the fourth.
Cicindela. Linn

Tetracha Hope.
Large, metallic green species; which are winged but seemingly unable to fly.
But one species is found in Iowa.
1. Tetracha virginica Linn. Fig. 2. Pl. 3.
"Cicindela nitida, ore antenuis pedibusque testaceis."
"Similis C. carolinǣ, violacea. Thorax laevis. Elytra punctis excavatis." Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 657.
Head large, broader than the thorax; eyes circular, large; labial palpi longer than maxillary palpi, with the first joint elongated; labium without a tooth; labrum

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we have but two, Tetracha Hope. and Cicindela Linn. in both of which the posterior coxae are contiguous, the eyes large and prominent. They are distinguished as follows:— a. Third joint of maxillary palpi longer than the fourth. Tetracha. Hope b. Third joint of maxillary palpi shorter than the fourth. Cicindela. Linn Tetracha Hope. Large, metallic green species; which are winged but seemingly unable to fly. But one species is found in Iowa. 1. Tetracha virginica Linn. Fig. 2. Pl. 3. "Cicindela nitida, ore antenuis pedibusque testaceis." "Similis C. carolinǣ, violacea. Thorax laevis. Elytra punctis excavatis." Linn. Syst. Nat. I. 657. Head large, broader than the thorax; eyes circular, large; labial palpi longer than maxillary palpi, with the first joint elongated; labium without a tooth; labrum