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126. Cicindela viridilabris, Ghaud. 



Cicindela viridilabris^ Chaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1852, p. 24. 

 Cicindela labiocenea, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1892, p. 79. 

 Cicindela severing W. Horn, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belpfique, 1892, p. 537. 

 Cicindela viridilabris, var. fusco-cuprascens, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. 

 Zeitschr. 1905, p. 60. 



A small species ; labrum metallic green, mandibles dark with 

 the upper side of the base white ; antennae black with the first 

 four joints coppery ; head and pronotum shining bronze-green, the 

 colour being brighter at the sides, the former striated near the 

 eyes, very strongly rugose in the middle and in front, the latter 

 about as long as broad, slightly constricted in front, with the sides 

 rounded and slightly sinuate before the base which is feebly 

 bisinuate, strongly and rugosely sculptured, for the most part 

 trausversely, impressions in front and behind well-marked, central 

 line obsolete ; elytra parallel-sided, not widened behind, with the 

 shoulders quite square, slightly sinuate near the apex of the 

 suture, which is terminated by a small tooth ; upperside slightly 

 convex, even, with feeble and not close uniform punctuation ; the 

 colour is obscure aeneous with a shining lateral bronze-green band, 

 commencing at the shoulder and terminating at half the length ; 

 on each there are four spots, one very small, in the middle, at the 

 first quarter, the second lateral, slightly transverse and triangular, 

 in the middle of the margin, the third lower, round, not far from 

 the suture, and the fourth oval, near the margin, representing the 

 upper end of an unfinished crescent ; punctuation green; legs 

 shining coppery with green tarsi ; underside cyaneous, with the 

 sides of the front parts more or less coppery ; the whole of the 

 sides are scantily furnished with white pubescence. 



Length 6|-7 millim. 



" East Indies." 



Two specimens only of the type-form appear to be known but 

 their locality is doubtful, being merely given as " Indes orien- 

 tals. " Dr. Horn thinks that they are probably from North 

 India. I have not seen them, and the above description is ab- 

 breviated from the detailed description of Chaudoir. The very 

 scanty material of the type-form renders it difficult to determine 

 the right value of the varieties. 



Var. labioaenea, W. Horn. 



This variety agrees with Chaudoir's description of the type, 

 except that it is somewhat larger, with the rugose sculpture of the 

 head and pronotum very fine, the central line of the latter distinct, 

 and the bright band which reaches half way down the side of the 

 elytra represented by a crescent-shaped spot of bright metallic 

 coppery green at the shoulders, occupying about a quarter of the 

 length ; the ante-apical spots are also rounded as a rule, but the 

 markings are somewhat variable. 



