CICINDELA. 



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mandibles ; palpi red or testaceous ; antennae cyaneous at base, 



fuscous towards apex; head 

 large, with the eyes very large 

 and prominent, the space 

 between being plainly longi- 

 tudinally striate throughout, 

 the sculpture behind being fine, 

 coppery with greenish and 

 bluish reflections, and with the 

 sides behind the eyes brilliant 

 blue ; pronotuin slightly longer 

 than broad, coppery, with the 

 sides and front depression 

 brilliant blue, very finely striate 

 transversely, sides parallel, 

 distinctly but not strongly 

 constricted in front and behind ; 

 elytra long, parallel-sided, 

 obliquely narrowed behind near 

 apex, of a dull rich velvety 

 reddish brown colour, with 

 strong golden reflections in 

 different lights, the suture, a 

 large crescent-shaped patch on 

 Fig.US.-aandelavenus. ^ ^ filers, and the 



margins from the posterior third to the apex being brilliant blue ; 

 inside the shoulders there is a strong depression, and the base is 

 plainly punctured, especially at the sides ; at the middle is a 

 narrow transverse yellow band, reaching nearly across the elytron, 

 but not touching margin or suture, broadest near margin and 

 pointed near suture, and an irregular-shaped small patch between 

 this and the apex; legs long, femora coppery, the tibiae and tarsi 

 dark, trochanters red or yellowish ; underside cyaneous, bare, except 

 for white tufts on the anterior and intermediate coxae, and strong 

 white pubescence along the fore edge of the posterior coxae. 



Length 11-12 millim. 



Madras : Nilgiri Hills (R. L. Andreiues). 



The first specimen was taken in 1905, and several others have 

 been found since ; it appears, however, to be rare. This species 

 lives in damp places, and has occurred on moist mossy rocks by a 

 small river which runs through the estate of Mr. Andre wes and 

 his brother ; it has also been taken in the angles of a zigzag road 

 where it is very moist ; it appears also to be semi-arboreal in its 

 habits. 



Except for the characters of the labrum it is very closely allied 

 to Heptodonta and might, apparently, be placed under that 

 genus. 



