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C. whithilli is a dark sea-blue species common in Poona (Fig. 124). 



Fig. l^.—Cicindela whithilli (Poona). 

 C. hcemorrhoidalis (Fig. 125) is the black species with two round 



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orange 



spots on 

 each elytra; it is an 

 inhabitant of Ben- 

 gal, and othe 

 parts of the coun- 

 try, whilst C. au- 

 rulenta, a Sikkim 

 species, has a 

 green head and 

 thorax with cop- 

 pery blotches on 



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the latter and cseru- 

 lean blue elytra with 3 yellow spots on each as shown in Fig. 126. 

 I have taken this insect often in the 

 Chittagong Hill Tracts and South Lushai 

 Hills where it is common. Collyris 

 caviceps has a very long narrow thorax, 

 the whole insect being brilliant shining 

 blue. Another Sikkim species is the 

 curious Tricondyla maerodera which 

 is dark shining, blue black in colour 

 and resembles a long black ant. It 



FIG. 125. — Cieindela hcemoi 

 rhoidalis (Calcutta). 



Fig. 126.— Cicindela auru- 

 lenta (Sikkim). 



is shown in Fig. 127. 



Fig. 127 .—Tricondyla 

 maerodera (Sikkim). 



