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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 24

Cicindela Linn.
Usually shining, bright colored species. Head large, eyes prominent; thorax narrower than head; elytra more or less spotted or banded with white; legs long and slender for running. The spots of the elytra are normal or complete when they are of the following type:- a humeral narrow curved spot, called lunule; a middle band more or less bent, and descending internally; and an apical curved line usually bent inward at its anterior part: These spots are sometimes confluent on the margin and sometimes separate; they are sometimes entire and sometimes interrupted; occasionally they are reduced to mere marginal spots.
The species of this genus live on sunny banks, or roadsides. They are generally diurnal but some appear at night as well. Many of them are seen only during the hottest sunshine, disappearing if there comes but a cloud. The hiding places are under stones or bark, or in holes in the sand.
The larvae are somewhat elongate, whitish grubs

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Cicindela Linn. Usually shining, bright colored species. Head large, eyes prominent; thorax narrower than head; elytra more or less spotted or banded with white; legs long and slender for running. The spots of the elytra are normal or complete when they are of the following type:- a humeral narrow curved spot, called lunule; a middle band more or less bent, and descending internally; and an apical curved line usually bent inward at its anterior part: These spots are sometimes confluent on the margin and sometimes separate; they are sometimes entire and sometimes interrupted; occasionally they are reduced to mere marginal spots. The species of this genus live on sunny banks, or roadsides. They are generally diurnal but some appear at night as well. Many of them are seen only during the hottest sunshine, disappearing if there comes but a cloud. The hiding places are under stones or bark, or in holes in the sand. The larvae are somewhat elongate, whitish grubs