270 



CICINDELIDiE. 



" <S . AVith the posterior tibiae at the apex and the tarsi fulvous. 



"Assam (plains)." 



Type in M. Oberthiir's collection. 



Dr. W. Horn informs me that he has been unable to see the 

 species, but that this is certainly its proper position. 



48. Neocollyris plicaticollis, Chaud. 



Collyris plicaticoilisj Chaudoir, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1864, p. 534. 



Smaller than the average specimens of N. andrewesi, to which 

 species it bears a superficial resemblance ; head rather long, with 

 the vertex short, narrowed at the base, eyes large and prominent, 

 frontal excavation deep and narrow, with deep sulci, the space 

 between them scarcely raised ; antennae dark, with the basal joints 

 clear red, and the 3rd and 4th joints red at the apex ; pronotum 

 long and slender, very strongly strigose transversely, feebly con- 

 stricted at the base and very gradually passing into a rather long 

 pronotal collum, the underside feebly and remotely punctured at 

 the sides, and more or less strigose, with rather strong pilosity ; 

 elytra very strongly and rugosely punctured throughout, the punc- 

 tuation being only a little less strong at the apex ; femora red, 

 tibiae and tarsi dark ; metasternum smooth, impunctate. 



Length 174 millim. 



Ceylon. 



Type in the British Museum. 



This species may easily be known from A r . andreivesi by the 

 shape of the head, which has the vertex much narrower and 

 shorter, and the frontal excavation much narrower and not striate 

 at the base of the eyes ; and also by the coarser punctuation of the 

 elytra and the smooth metasternum. These last two characters 

 will also separate it from A. horsjieldi, to which it appears to be 

 most nearly • related ; the latter species also has the frontal 

 excavation broader and plainly striate behind the eyes at the 

 base. 



49. Neocollyris andrewesi, W. Horn. 



Collyris andreicesi, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitsclir. 1894, p. 170. 



A large and distinct species, with the female a little wider than 

 the male ; head large, subquadrate, eyes moderately prominent, 

 forehead broadly impressed, with the sulci not deep, and the 

 space between them slightly raised in the middle, sharply carinate 

 in front (but not in all specimens), the vertex rather dilated at 

 the sides, the same in both sexes ; antennae long and slender, 

 dark, middle joints ringed with red; front parts dark with a 

 greenish or slightly coppery reflection, or cyaneous ; elytra dull, 

 dark olivaceous ; pronotum long, slender, scarcely at all con- 

 stricted at the sides, and feebly impressed above at the base, 

 passing gradually but plainly into a distinct pronotal collum, 



