328 



CICTNDELIDJB. 



green or violaceous with very little pubescence, episterna of meta- 

 sternum bare on disc. 

 Length 10^-11^ millim. 



Punjab: Simla; Sikkim: Darjiling; Assam; Sylhet. 



103. Cicindela viridicincta, W. Horn. 



Cicindela viridicincta, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1894, 

 p. 173. 



This species differs from C. azureocincta, with which Dr. Horn 



compares it, in its larger size, 

 narrower head, less prominent 

 eyes, longer and less constricted 

 pronotnm, more parallel-sided 

 and flatter elytra, and in having 

 the metallic side markings of 

 the elytra green instead of blue, 

 and quite even and not produced 

 dentately on their inner edge. 

 Erom O. chloropleura, which it 

 more closely resembles in size 

 and general appearance, it may 

 be known by the less prominent 

 eyes, longer pronotum, and the 

 less strong sculpture of the 

 front parts ; the constrictions 

 of the pronotum, moreover, are 

 much less marked (so that the 

 general shape is less globose), 

 and are not metallic green 

 or blue as in G. chloropleura 



Fig. 145.- Cicindela viridicincta. ( this ma J be variable) ; in some 



specimens, at all events, the 

 metallic green band at the sides of the elytra ceases before the apex, 

 whereas in C. chloropleura it is continued broadly to the apex ; the 

 pubescence of the underside is much as in C. azureocincta, the 

 episterna of the metasternum being furnished scantily with hairs. 



Length 9-12 millim. 



Bengal: Chora Nagpur (Cardon); Bombay: Kanara (Bell); 

 Madras : Nilgiri Hills (H. L. Andrewes). 



104. Cicindela venus, W. Horn. 



Cicindela venus, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1907, p. 22. 



A beautiful and elegant species, with long parallel-sided elytra; 

 labrum large, rounded at apex, dark metallic, nearly covering the 



