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CICINDELLD^. 



Var. brachycephala, W. Horn. 



This variety differs from the type in having the head much 

 shorter, more inflated and rounded behind the eyes, elongate 

 ovate and not conical, and with the forehead less excavate. 



Length 11-11| millim. 



Burma : Bhaino, Karen Hills, Rangoon. 



The species is rather closely allied to N. subtilis from which it 

 differs in its average large size, broader bead, longer and more 

 closely punctured pronotum which is more narrowed in front, the 

 slightly deeper and closer punctuation of the elytra and the dense 

 punctuation of the sterna. 



Dr. Annandale (Annotated List, i, p. 2) says that this insect is 

 common among undergrowth in dense jungle, and that it is fond 

 of resting on the leaves of shrubs, but is easily disturbed and is 

 very active on the wing. He further adds that all the Indian and 

 Malayan species of the genus with which he is acquainted have 

 similar habits. They frequent especially those parts of the jungle 

 in which patches of light filter through the upper foliage. 



11. Neocollyris schaumi, W. Horn. 



Collyris schaumi, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1892, p. 366. 

 Var. Collyris chevrolati, W. Horn, ibid., 1894, p. 10. 



Allied to C. variitarsis, Chaud., from which it differs in having 

 the last segment of the abdomen yellow, the antenna?, palpi, and 

 legs testaceous, the head llatter between the frontal sulci, the 

 pronotum very finely striate transversely, and the elytra thickly 

 covered with very small punctures, which are deep, but less strong 

 towards the base and apex ; the sides of the meso- and meta- 

 sternum are punctured and pubescent. The yellow apex of the 

 abdomen will separate it from all other known species. 



Length 10 millim. 



Andaman Islands. 



Var. chevrolati, W. Horn. 



This variety differs from the type-form in having the head 

 a little broader behind the eyes, and the pronotum and elytra 

 much shorter ; the former is impunctate above and less punctured 

 on the underside, and the elytra are a little broader behind and 

 less closely sculptured at the apex ; fine rufous lines, more or less 

 distinct, are present on the margins, one at the shoulder and 

 another in the middle, and there is an obscure median fascia ; the 

 legs are fulvo-testaceous, with the tarsi and the apex of the tibiae 

 darker; the sculpture is plainly coarser than in N. attenuata, 

 Re&t., and the thorax is shorter and more strongly rounded than 

 in the latter species. It occurs in the same locality as the 

 typical form. 



