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central one is replaced by a short longitudinal stripe — 

 the form with six spots is very rare and then the sixth 

 one is placed on the basal lobe. I got one specimen with 

 two discal punctures, a central line and a large guttiform 

 spot on the lobe , not unlike the common form of CI. 

 conjinis Kirby. 



[Cl«f»#ct»«« rufipcnnis Jans.]. 

 The Entomologist. Vol. XXII (1886), p. 100. 



Ctintei'ia coerulen Hbst. 



Not at all rare in the vicinity of Colombo. Among the 

 extensive series collected , there is not a single coeruleous 

 specimen, tbey are all metallic or bronze green, a few cu- 

 preous. A comparison with some specimens, originating 

 from old collections, and with no more peculiar indication 

 of localities than » India or." oflers some differences in 

 general aspect and sculpture which could led to regard 

 the Ceylon form as a distinct race when having sufficient 

 material of authentic specimens from the continent. 



Specimens without spots on the thorax are scarce, gene- 

 rally there is a rather large white puncture near the 

 middle of the sides and very often still a smaller one 

 may be observed more in front. 



The elytra have no less than eight spots on each, 

 moreover the tip of the scutellum is bordered with white. 



var. megaspilota Kanneg. 



North from Nalanda , my native collector captured three 

 male specimens of a quite distinct looking large variety of 

 coerulea Hbst. ; it is much more robust in all its dimensions, 

 the white spots have exactly the same position but are 

 very large , the thorax is ornated with four spots , the 

 mesosternal process is rather less produced. 



Notes from the Leyden Museum, "Vol. XIII. 



