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CICINDELID^. 



the elytra are subparallel- sided, dull, 

 sculptured throughout, but much more 

 strongly, though not closely, in front, 

 obscurely variegated, the ground-colour 

 being greenish or yellowish, with the 

 suture metallic and the space next it 

 dark reddish ; this colour also adjoins 

 the other metallic green or blue 

 markings at the sides and apex, which 

 are as follows : a crescent-shaped 

 patch at the shoulders, extended to- 

 wards suture at its apex and a patch 

 touching the margin behind the middle, 

 sometimes broken off, and sometimes 

 joining the metallic margin of the 

 apex ; on each elytron there are two 

 larger or smaller white spots on the 

 disc, one at about the middle and one 



Fi 149 C kind la n osice s before a P ex 5 femora coppery, tibia? 

 ig. .— icmc e a ruffosiceps. g^j^^ tarsi dark: ; underside with rather 



strong white pubescence, which is scanty on the episterna of 

 the meta-and pro-sternum, and absent on the genae. 

 Length 11—11^ millim. 



Madras : Mysore, Nilgiri Hills (H. L. Andrewes), Eamnad. 



Mr. Andrewes writes : "May, 2500-3500 feet, Pillar and Coonoor 

 Ghat. On paths and rocks ; very active ; making great onslaught 

 on flying termites." 



110. Cicindela chlorida, Chaud. 



Cicindela chlorida, Chaudoir, Cat. Coll. 1865, p. 56. 



Green, with the lateral margins of 

 the pronotum and elytra reddish 

 aeneous, and the underside cyaneous, 

 variegated with green, with the genae 

 and the sides of the sterna and 

 of the base of the abdomen coppery ; 

 iabrum yellowish red, antennae pitchy 

 with the first joint lighter ; head 

 moderate, closely rugose in wavy lines, 

 striated near the eyes, which are mode- 

 rately prominent, front between them 

 scarcely excavate ; pronotum shorter 

 than broad, with the sides somewhat 

 rounded, much more finely sculptured 

 than the head, with the central line 

 sometimes obsolete, and the central part 

 transversely raised ; elytra velvety, sub- 

 parallel-sided, moderately long, gradually 

 narrowed from behind middle towards 

 Fig. 150.— Cicindela chlorida. apex, with the base and the sides in 



