302 



CICIXDELID^E. 



2. Form more slender; length 10-12 

 mm. ; the two anterior white spots 



situated close to one another. [p. 305. 



A. Form longer exornata. Schm.-Goeb., 



B. Form shorter houvieri, W. Horn, p. 307. 



III. Form convex, elytra more strongly 



punctured on disc than at sides and 

 apex, without white spots; size 

 very small ; apical ventral segments 



scantilv pubescent belloides, W. Horn, p. 309. 



81. Prothyma scrobiculata, Wied. 



Cicindela scrobiculata, Wiedemann, Zool. Mag. ii, 1, 1823, p. 65. 

 Dromicidia scrobiculata, Chaudoir, Cat. Col. 1865, p. 54. 



A comparatively large, convex, scabrous looking species ; upper 



surface obscurely metallic, with blue, 

 green and bronze reflections, the 

 sides of the head, pronotum and 

 elytra being much brighter ; labrum 

 and antennae (except towards apex) 

 red ; head large and broad, flat 

 between the eyes, irregularly striate 

 in front, finely and irregularly 

 rugose transversely behind ; pro- 

 notum convex, shiny, with the 

 central line not strongly marked, 

 deeply impressed in front and be- 

 hind, with the anterior impression 

 rugose, rather strongly rounded at 

 sides, slightly narrowed before base, 

 feebly sculptured ; elytra very con- 

 vex, regularly, closely and strongly 

 punctured from base to apex, with 

 Fig. 137.— Prothyma scrobiculata. the sides not dilated behind, and 



gradually rounded to the sutural 

 augle, which is produced into a small point ; legs entirely red ; 

 underside smooth and shining, bright blue or violaceous. 

 Length 13-1-1 millim. 



Bengal : Maldah {Indian Museum), Chota Nagpur, June-July. 



This species has a peculiar facies and certainly looks as if it 

 might be placed in a separate genus, but the characters do not 

 seem sufficient to warrant its being regarded as distinct. 



82. Prothyma proxima, Chaud. 



Cicindela proxima, Chaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1860, p. 325. 



Upper surface of a dark cyaneous or dark blue colour, with the 

 front parts dark green or almost black, and with the sides of 

 the elytra more brightly coloured in some specimens ; labrum 



