306 Descriptive Catalogue [1898. 



"I am sure that the Megacephala mentioned and figured by- 

 Thomson in his ' Monographie des Cicindelides,' pp. 20-21, and by 

 Chaudoir in the 'Catalogue de la Collection d. Cicindeletes,' under 

 the name of M. regalis, Boh., are different from Boheman's species, 

 with which I have compared a typical specimen. Two years ago I 

 saw Thomson's original type in Mons. Bene Oberthur's Cabinet (ex. 

 coll. Mniszech), and also that of De Chaudoir' s in the Paris Museum, 

 and I am under the impression that both are identical with my 

 species." 



Gen. CICINDELA. 



Catal., p. 28. 



Cicindela pudica, var. rusticana, is a good species. Horn, Deutsch. 

 Entom. Zeit., 1896, p. 357. 



C. natalensis , Per. = intricata, Dej. Horn. 



This species has been recorded from Port Alfred in the Cape 

 Colony. 



G. mashuna, Per., is a variety of exigua, Kolbe, Deutsch. Entom. 

 Zeit., 1896, p. 357. 



C. vivida, Boh., is a variety of neglecta, Dej. Horn, Deutsch. 

 Entom. Zeit., 1892, p. 216. 



The typical neglecta is recorded by him from Sandwich Harbour. 



C. discoidea, Dej., is represented in South Africa by the variety 

 intermedia, Klug. Horn, Deutsch. Entom. Zeit., p. 53. 



The South African Cicindelce belonging to the group of clathrata 

 are so closely connected that the following table may prove useful : — 



Type C. clathrata. 



a~. Head without any very distinct striation along the supra-orbital 

 ridges. 



b 2 . Prothorax slightly broader than long. 



c3. Elytra without a marginal yellowish band, or with a very narrow 



one brcvicollis. 



b 2 . Prothorax as broad as long. 



c 2 . Elytra with a marginal yellowish band clathrata. 



c 1 . Elytra with the marginal band and dorsal rami very broad, the 



background showing only in the shape of narrow zigzags . . differcns. 



a 1 . Head with a very distinct striation along the supra-orbital ridges. 



b 2 . Marginal yellowish band and rami on the elytra very narrow . . discoidea. 

 b 1 . Marginal yellowish band narrow, rami much broader neglecta. 



