232 FIVE NEW SPECIES OF CICINDELA, 



Hah. — Q. : Kuranda (Coll. Sloane; unique). 



I received a single specimen from Mr. F. P. Dodd (from whom 

 I have had large and valuable collections of Carabidse from North 

 Queensland), and to whom I have much pleasure in dedicating 

 this interesting species. Its affinity seems to be towards C. 

 iosceles, Hope, from which its narrow antennae not swollen 

 towards apex at once differentiate it. Though somewhat resem- 

 bling C . froggatti, it differs too conspicuously from that species 

 to be taken for it, having the head and prothorax narrower; 

 elytra not covered with variolose punctures, their pattern 

 different, disc with two longitudinal rows of punctures. 



CiCINDELA PLEBEIA, n.sp. 



9. Upper surface of a general blackish colour; head between 

 eyes subviolaceous, clypeus blue, labrum whitish with middle 

 of apex black; disc of prothorax olivaceous, submetallic; sides of 

 head behind eyes and sides of pronotum greenish; elytra black, 

 opaque (subsericeous), with a metallic tinge on each side behind 

 shoulders; a triangular pale spot on margin of each elytron just 

 after the beginning of apical curve; under surface of head, pro- 

 thorax and body of a beautiful blue colour; femora greenish. 



Head as in C. interrupta, Fabr., (2-2 mm. across eyes). Labrum 

 with anterior margin rounded and strongly unidentate in middle, 

 4-setose. Prothorax as in C. interrupta (1*3 x 1*5 mm.), but more 

 coarsely rugulose and less strongly transversely impressed 

 anteriorly and posteriorly. Elytra as in C. interru2Jta (4-75 x 2 7 

 mm.), shagreened, punctate, the puncturation stronger towards 

 base than apex. Length 7*5, breadth 2-2 mm. "^ 



* Postscript {added July 10th, 1905).— While this paper has been passing 

 through the press, I have received from Mr. Dodd the male of C. pleheia, 

 which differs from the female only in being a little smaller, and by the 

 shape of the anterior margin of the labrum. J . Labrum with apex rounded 

 on sides, bisinuately truncate in middle, outer angles of this median trun- 

 cature small, subdentiform, more prominent than the feeble median promi- 

 nence; sixth ventral segment very lightly and widely emarginate at apex. 

 Length 7, proth. 1 -2 x 1-35, el. 4*4 x 2-") mm. 



