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CICINDELIDiK. 



a%. The roughly plicate middle 

 portion of the elytra very 

 distinctly separated from the 

 finely punctured anterior part. 

 *. Size smaller (16-18 mm.) ; 

 body often more or less 

 rufescent ; elytra very 

 sparingly punctured behind 

 the central plicae, 

 f . Frontal sulci parallel ; fore- 

 head between the eyes flat. . apicalis, Ohaud., p. 267. 

 ft- Frontal sulci convergent ; 

 forehead between the eyes 



foveated foveifrons, W. Horn, p. 267. 



**. Size larger (19-20 mm.); body 

 never rufescent ; elytra not 

 very sparingly punctured 



behind the central plicae . . aptera, Lund, p. 266. 

 h\. The roughly plicate middle 

 portion of the elytra gradually 

 merging into the punctured 



anterior part apteroides, W. Horn, p. 266. 



5. Neocollyris brevilabris, W. Horn. 



Collyris brevilabris i W. Horn, Ann. Mus. Genova, 1893, p. 381. 



Head elongate-ovate, roundly inflated behind the eyes : labrum 

 very short, whitish yellow, with seven teeth, the sides and base 

 being very narrowly dark ; forehead slightly impressed, with the 

 longitudinal furrows at the sides deep and parallel, the space 

 between somewhat convex ; antennae dark at base, lighter in 

 middle, darker towards apex ; pronotum long and slender, 

 constricted at base, with the intermediate portion elongate- 

 conical, the sides a little rounded, pronotal collum short, disc 

 glabrous and shining; underside sparingly pilose ; elytra elongate, 

 narrow and parallel-sided, very finely and evenly punctured to 

 the apex ; sides of metasternum smooth ; colour of upperside 

 dark cyaneous, moderately shining, with the legs cyaneous black 

 or black, the central portion of the posterior femora being red 

 and the trochanters pitchy. The male, apparently, does not differ 

 appreciably from the female. 



Length 8-10 millim. 



Assam ; Burma : Karen Hills. 



This is a very small species and, according to Dr. Horn, differs 

 from all the described species of the genus in its very short yellow 

 labrum and scarcely excavate forehead. 



The only specimen which I have seen is a female of a variety 

 from Martaban, S.E. Borneo, which had the labrum very short 

 but mostly dark and the legs yellow, except the femora which are 

 mostly dark, the base only and the extreme apex of the inter- 

 mediate and posterior pairs being yellow. The specimen is 

 named by Dr. Horn and is in Mr. Nevin son's collection. 

 Dr. Horn has also described a variety or subspecies from Sumatra 

 under the name weyersi. 



