BY THOMAS G. SLOANE. 335 



majoribus in utroque latere fere ut in ilia specie, toto unicolori 

 obscure metallico .... thorace breviore antice magis 

 dilatato marginibusque lateralibus magis arcuatis; elytris . 



serie punctorum majorum rarorum juxta-suturali evidente; 



signatura alba : maculis 3 sat magnis marginalibus, prima 

 humerali vix marginem s-quente, secunda media, tertia ante- 

 apicali subtus cyaneo-nigricante; . 



pedibus testaceo-rufis. Long. 10g mm. (sine labro). 1 $ (?) 

 Australia bor. (Odewahn)." 



In the short generic diagnosis we find " Corpus {cum coxis 

 posticis) glabrum." It is, from the above notes, allied to C. sloanei 

 Lea, but differs at once by colour of under surface " cyaneo- 

 nigricante " (not reddish-testaceous; the colour of the under 

 surface is an important character in the genus Cicindela; C. 

 sloanei Lea, is the only Austral ian species known with the under 

 surface ferruginous); elytra with three lateral white maculae. 

 The antennae were wanting in the type of N. distypsideroides, 

 therefore its true relationship towards C. crassicornis Macl., 

 cannot be accurately known. It seems to have some l'esemblance 

 to C. crassicornis, but that species has the labrum " white " and 

 the metepisterna and posterior coxae hirsute. 



NlCKERLEA SLOANEI Lea. 



Cicindela sloanei Lea, may not be congeneric with Nickerlea 

 distypsideroides Horn; but, be that as it may, ib seems best to 

 consider it so till these two species can be compared. The 

 following characters not alluded to in Mr. Lea's description 

 require notice : — £. Labrum large, convex, outline rotundate, 

 7-dentate (the teeth as in Distypsidera, but smaller, viz., three on 

 the obtuse apex and two on each side, see fig. 21). Labial palpi 

 short, resembling those of Distypsidera, but penultimate joint 

 shorter and still more inflated, with a few short setae on each side; 

 apical joint very small. Antennae slender, resembling those of 

 Distypsidera,. Clypeus with a setigerous puncture on each side 

 near antenna. Prothorax broader than long (l - 5mm x l - 7mm.). 

 Under surface glabrous, including; all the coxae. 



