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118. Cicindela triguttata, Hbst. 



Cicindeia triguttata, Herbst, Rarer, x, 1800, p. 182, pi. 172, fig. 5 ; 



Dejeau, Spec. Col. i, p. 146. 

 Cicindela chlorochila, Ohaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1852, i, p. 25 ; 



Grestro, Ann. Mus. Genova, 1889, p. 85. 



Of the same general appearance as the preceding ; labrum dark, 

 more or less metallic; head and pronotum dark, with greenish or 

 aeneous reflections ; elytra black, sometimes slightly metallic, each 

 with a velvety patch parallel with the suture, and small variable 

 whitish markings ; these sometimes consist of a transverse short 

 line at middle and another before apex, both reaching or almost 

 reaching the margin, and a smallfspot on the disc not far from the 

 suture just behind the middle; the side markings are sometimes 

 extended, the middle one sometimes joining the central spot, and 

 the hind one being extended towards apex ; occasionally too there 

 is a small spot on the disc before the middle as well as behind it : 

 other variations also occur ; head rather strongly striated ; pro- 

 notum cylindrical, parallel-sided, scarcely constricted at all in 

 front or behind, very finely sculptured, with the central line more 

 or less obsolete; elytra with traces of longitudinal impressions, 

 but practically even, with the sculpture variable, but, as a rule, 

 well marked in front, at the sides and at apex ; sutural angles 

 produced ; legs more or less metallic, tibiae sometimes pitchy or 

 ferruginous, tarsi sometimes bright blue ; underside cyaneous or 

 greenish, with the sides of the abdomen and the sterna rather 

 thickly clothed with long white pubescence. 



Length 7|-8 millim. 



Bengal: Calcutta; Burma.: Teinzo, Karen Hills (Fea), Pegu 

 district ; China ; Philippine Islands ; Malay Archipelago ; 

 Borneo. 



Var. chlorochila, Chaud. 



A more or less brightly coloured greenish variety of the type ; 

 two specimens before me from Hong Kong, determined by 

 Dr. Horn, seem distinct, being larger, entirely bright green above, 

 with the elytra more evenly and strongly sculptured, but the 

 Indian specimens, also named by him, appear to be scarcely 

 varieties. I have, how r ever, seen only very few. 



Length 7-84 millim. 



Burma : Teinzo, Bhamo, Tharawaddy, Taung-ngu, Pegu ; 

 Tenasserim ; Celebes ; Hong Kong. 



119. Cicindela fallaciosa, W. Horn. 



Cicindela fallaciosa, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1897, p. 57. 

 Cicindela viridilabris, Gestro (nee Chaud.), Ann. Mus. Genova, 1893, 

 p. 355. 



Cicindela chlorochila, Fleutiaux (e.v parte), Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 

 1893, p. 485. 



Closely allied to C. triguttata, of which it may prove to be only 



