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modo pauUo dilatatis; palpis (articulo ultimo nigro) flavis; capite 

 elytrisque nigricantibus opacis, vix hinc inde perparum senescentibus ; 

 corpore siibtiis modice nitente iiigricante;..genis anticis, meta-episternis 

 cum parte adjacente metasterni, elytrorum epipleuris cyanescentibus ; 

 pedibus, coxis, trochanteribus nigricantibus, hinc inde perparum 

 viridi aut aeneo-variegatis ; totis pectoris partibus (metasterni parte 

 discoidali et postico-centrali nuda), abdominis et coxarum posticarum 

 lateribus late modice dense breviter pilosis; fronte nuda, solummodo 

 prope antennarum insertionem setis 2 ornatis, pronoto in specimine 

 unico nudo (semper?); 2 primis antennarum articulis nudis, 3° et 4° 

 supra breviter modice sparsim setosis. Long. 17 mm. (sine labro). 



A single 6^ from the Enyalanganja or great plains, 3 hours south of 

 the Ekuiva River, November, 1907 (Wellman). 



It is one of the most peculiar species of the whole genus, belonging 

 to the interesting laeta-quadristriata group, reported only from the 

 tropics of Africa. The labrum is black with a testaceous patch in the 

 middle, the 3 middle teeth are just a little less prominent than the 

 lateral tooth. Front and pronotum are roughly and deeply wrinkled. 

 The sutural angle of the elytra is rectangular without a developed 

 spine. All tarsi, as in Cicindela quadristriata, sulcated. The 1st, 3d 

 and 4th articles of the antennae are on their upper part slightly carinate. 



The size, color and sculpture of this species, and especially its move- 

 ments, lend it when alive the appearance of a Carabid. It did not 

 attempt to fly when pursued, although it was in bright sunshine. 



20. Cicindela villosa Putz., Jom. Sci. Lisb., 1880, p. 22. 



= semicuprea Qued., Berl. Ent. Zeitschr., 1883, p. 244. 



Malange (Mechow); Huilla (Lobo d'Avila); Chipeyo, November, 

 1906; Chiyaka, Ekuiva River, November, 1907 (Wellman). Taken 

 on dark soil, often in short grass. It has a good cryptic coloring and 

 is hard to see. 



21. Cicindela flavipes Putz., Jom. Sci. Lisb., 1880, p. 23. 



= nuUfera Qued., Berl. Ent. Zeitschr., 1883, p. 243, pi. 3, f. 2. 



Malange (Mechow); Duque de Braganga; Cliipeyo, November, 1906; 

 Chiyaka, Ekuiva River, Kasenya Mines, November, 1907 (Wellman). 

 This species occurs almost entirely on feldspathic soil, against which 

 its indistinct light-colored markings make it almost impossible to see, 

 except when it is in motion. It was only taken once or twice on red 

 or dark soil, but one could count on finding it in abundance as soon 

 as a bit of whitish soil rich in kaolin was reached. 



22. Cicindela suturalis Putz., Jom. Sci. Lisb., 1880, p. 25. 



Huilla (Lobo d'Avila), Bihe, December, 1906 (Wellman). Taken 

 in short grass, after most Cicindelidse had disappeared. 



