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CICINDELII^E. 



b*. Each elytron with a sinuate 

 marking at the centre, and a spot 

 before and behind this, between 

 the apical and basal marginal 



patches bigemina, Klug, p. 347. 



b. Elytra obliquely and rectangularly 



truncate at apex, disc with shal- [p. 354. 



low greenish punctures . . germanica, L., var. kirilovi, Fisch., 

 E. Elytra with more or less of the side 

 margins, and the apical margins, 

 narrowly whitish testaceous, but 

 always with distinct interruptions ; 

 on each there is an inverted 

 V-shaped, hooked or sinuate 

 marking, * proceding from the 

 centre of the light marginal 

 border. 



a*. Pronotum longer, slightly rounded 

 at the sides and narrowed before 



base sinica, Eleut., p. 355. 



b*. Pronotum subquadrate, not, or 

 scarcely, narrowed behind. 

 cr\. Elytra of female with a more or 

 less distinct smooth and shining 

 patch on each in front, not far 

 from the suture. 

 a%. Pubescence of the underside 

 coarser at the sides, almost 



tomentose \ . . melancholica, F., p. 356. 



b\. Pubescence of the underside 

 less coarse at the sides, not 



tomentose undalata, Dej., p. 356. 



6f. Elytra of female without a 



shining patch. 

 a%. Pronotum with the sides not 



rounded . . . . . imperfecta, Chaud., p. 357. 



b%. Pronotum with the sides 



slightly rounded distinguenda, Dej., p. 358. 



2. Outline of elytra in the female very 



irregular humillima, Gestro, p. 355. 



II. Pronotum narrow, elongate and cylin- 

 drical. 



i. Elytra with two white spots on each, 



shorter and less parallel-sided and 



less thickly sculptured davisoni, Gestro, p. 359. 



ii. Elytra without white spots, longer and 



more parallel-sided and more thickly [p. 359. 



sculptured prothymoides, W. Horn, 



114. Cicindela dromicoides, Chaud. 



Cicindela dromicoides, Chaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, i, 1852, p. 21. 



A peculiar-looking, dull, velvety, species, as a rule of an obscure 

 dark brownish colour, the front part and the sutural region being 

 dull bronze : occasionally, however, these parts are bright metallic 

 green, with more or less obscure bronze lines ; labrum testaceous, 



