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CICIKDELID^:. 



be known by its black labrum, which appears usually to have a 

 metallic reflection, somewhat more excavate head, more finely 

 sculptured pronotum, and duller and more velvety elytra, which 

 are uneven, but less foveolate; from C. funebris it may at once 

 be known by the sculpture of the elytra, which are narrower and 

 more parallel-sided, the dark labrum, narrower head and more 

 prominent eyes ; the pronotum also is more cylindrical; compared 

 with C. triguttata it has the elytra much more uneven, and the 

 white markings of the latter species are absent or reduced to mere 

 points ; it must, however, be allowed that it is somewhat closely 

 allied to the latter species, and that transitional examples some- 

 times occur. 



LengtJi 7-7| millim. 



Bengal : Chota JNagpur, Asansol, Nowatoli ; Assam : Khasi 

 Hills ; Buiima : Karen Hills ; Java. 



I have adopted Dr. Honrs synonymy, although, if correct, the 

 name viduata ought to come before lioloscricea. The descriptions 

 of Fabricius are very vague. 



124. Cicindela spinolae, Gestro. 



Cicindela spinolce, Gestro, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, 1889, p. 85. 



Head and pronotum sometimes rather obscurely, but, as a rule, 

 rather brilliantly metallic, more so than in the allied species, a 



character which often serves 

 superficially to distinguish it; 

 labrum short, dull testaceous 

 or partly metallic, occasionally 

 entirely metallic, mandibles 

 white with dark tips ; head 

 rather strongly striate be- 

 tween the eyes, with two 

 longitudinal blue and green 

 stripes, the hinder part of the 

 pronotum finely rugose ; pro- 

 notum subquadrate, with the 

 sides very slightly rounded, 

 and the constrictions well 

 marked ; at the sides there 

 are a few white hairs, which 

 are, apparently, easily rubbed 

 off and are therefore often 

 entirely absent; elytra dull 

 coppery, or with a greenish 

 reflection, brighter at the 

 sides, with a strong impression 

 Fig. 153. — Cicindela spinolce. within the shoulders, and with 



a white spot at the shoulders, 

 £ another on the disc before the middle, another at the middle of the 



