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ON A NEW SPECIES OF CICINDELA FROM LUZON. 



By dr. K. JORDAN. 



Cicindela mucronata xp. nov. 



(??. C. loiiiiipi-ilis Fbr. statuva. L-ibrnm allium, vakU; tra,ii»vei'siira, apice 

 medio insensim emarginatum et deuticulatnm, dcnte mcdiauo autem longo, latrorsum 

 oblique leviter sinuatnm, angnlis lateralibus rotuudatis, supra transverse paulo cou- 

 vexnm. Maudibulao basi, palpi apice extreme exeepto luteo-albi. Antennae nigrae, 

 articuli.s (piatuor primis viridi-metallicis. Caput viridi-aeneum, genis auratis magis 

 splendidis, subtilissime coriaceum, juxta oculos parum igneum et irregulariter 

 levissime striatum, vertice iutra oculos iuconspicue couvexum. 



Prothorax capitis colore, sulcis ajiicali et l)asali sat profuudis splendidis, liuea 

 media obvie impressa, subtilissime coriaeens, latrorsum inseusim transverse 

 strigulosus, couiens, longitudine parum latior, augulis posticis mucronatis. 



El\ tra nigro-aenea, pro certa luce viridescentibus, parallela, humeris subrotuudis, 

 margino apicali leviter serrulato ad angalos suturalibus brevissimc spinosos paulo 

 emarginato, dense subfoveolatim ])unctata, albo-siguata : macula auuulif'urini 

 linmerali in disco incompleta ubi param latiore, fascia transversa paulo ante medium 

 sita cum limbo tenui albo cunuexa vel libera juxta suturam augulo parum rotuudato 

 retrorsum fracta, liac parte longitndinali suturae parallela tenui, ad quartam partem 

 iipicalem elytri abeunte ubi jiarum latiore ; linea sublaterali apicali margini externo 

 parallela postice cum limbo auali eouflua, autice j)arum latiore, latitudine tripio 

 longiore. 



Corpus iiil'ra aureo-viride, metasterno ac abdomiue laevi medio plus minusve 

 cyauescentibus ; hoc apice (c?) luteo, (?) subuigro tenuiter luteo-marginato. Pedes 

 aureo-virides, jtostici longissimi, tibiis cuprascentibus, tarsis obscure viridi-aeueis, 

 articulis apice purpurascentibus. 



Long. 11 mm., elytr. 7, lat. 3. 



Hab. N. Luzon, Philijiiiines, 5,000 to (3,000 feet (Whitehead, 1894). 



At once distinguishabli." from C. lom/ipes Fabr. by the mucronate hind angles of 

 the prothorax, and by the anguilliform markiugof the elytra standing in their middle 

 and having the dorsal, lougitudiual part straight, and parallel to the sutnre, and not 

 flexuose. 



