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valuable disquisition upon the present family, and whose early loss 

 cannot be sufficiently lamented by the lovers of Ornithology. 



The species approaches very closely to the P. pipilans of Dr. 

 Latham, [P./r ingillaceus, Gmel.] which also belongs to the same 

 quarter of the globe ; but besides other characters, it may at once 

 be distinguished by the scarlet colour of the breast and abdomen, 

 both of which are green in that bird. See Shaw's Miscellany, 

 pi. 1 ; and Le Vaillant Hist, des Parroquets, pi. 71. 



Subregnum. Annulosa. Auct. 



Classis. Mandibulata. Mac L. 



Ordo. Coleoptera. Linn. 



Tribus. Chilopodomorpha. Mac L. 



Stirps. Geodephaga. Mac L. 



Fam. Cicindelid^e. Mac L. 



Genus. Cicindela. Linn. 

 Princeps. C. air a, elyiris tribus fasciis aureo-Jlavis ; humerali 

 abbreviatd subauadrata, media lata subincurvd transversa, 

 apicali angusta. 



Tab. 15. f. 1. 

 Caput rugose striatum. Labrum quinque dentibus mediis acutis 

 duobusque lateralibus obsoletis instructum, nigrum, maris in medio 

 flavescens. Mandibular nigrae, ad basin flavescentes. Palpi maxil- 

 lares nigri, articulorum apicibus flavis ; labiates, articulis tribus 

 primis maris flavis, foeminae nigris, ultimo nigro, tertio pilis albidis 

 hirsuto. Thorax rugosus. Elytra glabra. Abdomen supra pur- 

 pureo-atrum, metallice nitidum. Antenna? mediocres. Pedes 

 maris longi, fceminae mediocres. 



Long. corp. -f . 

 Habitat in India Orientali. 

 In Mus. Dom. Mac Leay, nost. 



This insect was first brought to this country by Major Sale of 

 the East India Company's service. It made part of a superb collec- 

 tion formed by that gentleman in the immediate vicinity of 

 Madras, which was particularly rich in new forms and splendid 

 specimens. Some of these I hope to make known to the publick 

 occasionally through the medium of this journal. The collection 

 to which I allude was the fruit of the few hours of leisure and re- 



