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CICIKDELID^E. 



a variety; it differs (according to Dr. Horn) in having the apices of 

 the elytra more separately rounded and subtruncate, the sutural 

 spine shorter, the sculpture of the elytra before and behind almost 

 the same (without larger punctures towards the base\ and the 

 white apical spot more rounded, and not produced behind into a 

 marginal line ; the transverse depressions of the pronotum (before 

 and behind) and the central line are more distinct. The species is 

 also allied to var. labioamea of C. viridilabris, Chaud. (nec Gestro), 

 but differs in having the forehead narrower and the eyes much 

 less prominent ; the elytra are less broad, with the anterior spot 

 less approximate to the base, and the central posterior spot set 

 further forward, all the spots being a little smaller. 



Length 7-7 ^ millim. 



Burma : Teinzo, Karen Hills. 



120. Cicindela belli, W. Horn. 



Cicindela belli, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1894, p. 174. 



A small, dark, obscure-looking species which, according to 

 Dr. Horn, is distinguished from its allies by the shorter, broader, 

 and more convex elytra ; the differences, however, are not very 

 apparent, especially in the male ; labrum green or coppery : head 

 strongly striated between the eyes, only a small space in the 

 centre being finely rugose ; pronotum almost cylindrical, but 

 somewhat variable, with the sides slightly rounded, scarcely con- 

 stricted in front and behind, and with the sulci and central line 

 feeble, sculpture finely rugose ; in the specimens I have seen there 

 are no hairs at the sides of the pronotum ; colour of the head and 

 pronotum obscurely metallic ; elytra dull, obscurely metallic, with 

 the sides shining, the shining colour being sometimes produced 

 towards the disc ; on each elytron there is a more or less distinct 

 velvety longitudinal darker patch near the suture giving the 

 surface an uneven appearance, and three yellowish spots, one 

 marginal and just before the middle, a second discoidal and behind 

 the middle, and a third longitudinal and arising obliquely from the 

 margin, just before the apex ; these, however, are very variable 

 and obscure, and are often partly or even entirely wanting ; there 

 is a strong but short impression just inside the shoulders ; the 

 punctuation is distinct at sides and towards base, but irregular ; 

 underside greenish or cyaneous, with scanty pubescence through- 

 out, the centre of the abdomen being bare ; posterior trochanters 

 pitchy ; episterna of sternum strongly punctured. 



Length 7-8 millim. 



Madras : Travancore (Maindrori), Mahe' ; Bombay : North 

 Kanara (Bell), Belgaum (H. E. Andrewes). 



This species is closely allied to G. triguttata var. chlorochila, but 

 may be known by its shorter head, more prominent eyes, shorter 

 and narrower elytra, and the different sculpture of the latter. 



