320 CICINDELIDJE. 



B. Margins of elytra not or only narrowly metallic. 



a. Size very small, 6-7 mm. ; one obscure little species, 



dark, with small white markings, separated from 

 Group 7 only through the scanty pubescence of the 

 underside Group 6, p. 360. 



C. discreta. 



b. Size small, 7|-9 mm. ; elytra unicolorous, cr Avith 



white markings at the margin only, or with the 

 whole margin narrowly white and no other 

 markings Group 30, p. 436. 



C. limosa, andersoni, malabarica, gyllenhali. 



c. Size moderate or rather large, 12-19 mm.* 



a*. Elytra, as a rule, oblong, with the sides parallel 

 and the shoulders well markedf . Group 16, p. 387. 



C. discrepans, hamiltoniana, andreipesi, vihuritii, 

 unica, lauree, tritoma, assamensis, mouhoti, 

 schmidt - goebeli, cariana, intermpto-fasciata, 

 bicohr, marice, corbetti, heemvrrhoidalis, fabrtcii, 

 octogramma. 



b*. Elytra less oblong and parallel-sided. 

 a\. Sides of pronotum without setae. 



Group 14, p. 384. 



C. whithilli, sexpunctaia. 



b\. Sides of pronotum, and sometimes disc, with 

 more or less pronounced seta?. 

 a\. Elytra without crescent-shaped patch ex- 

 tending from the shoulders. 

 * Gense with a few scattered hairs. 



Group 12, p. 379. 



C. intermedia, oberthuri. 



** Genre bare Group 15, p. 386. 



C. aurovittata. 



b\. Elytra with a crescent - shaped patch ex- 

 tending from the shoulders for one-third 

 or one-half of the elytra. Group 20, p. 411. 



C. guttata, calligramma, dives, ceylonensis. 



d. Size larger, 19-23 mm. ; pubescence of underside 



very slight or absent, 

 a* Elytra unicolorous, or with a single regular longi- 

 tudinal yellow stripe, extending for nearly their 

 whole length (var. dejeani) . . Group 17, p. 405. 



C. cyanea. 



* C. discrepans, C. assamensis, and C. ceylonensis sometimes attain 20 rum. 

 t Exceptions occur, such as C. assamensis and C. hcemorrhoidalis, which might 

 perhaps be included under the next heading. 



