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127. Cicindela nietneri, W, Horn. 



Cicindela nietneri, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitsclir. 1894, p. 220. 



Allied to C. viridilabris, Chaucl., from which it differs in having 

 the pronotum more constricted in front, the sides slightly more 

 rounded, and the anterior reflexed margin transversely striolate ; 

 the elytra are longer, more impressed before the apex, with the 

 separate apices more rounded ; the colour of the upperside is dull, 

 almost black, with the sides of the head and pronotum obscurely 

 dark green, and the shoulders of the elytra with a metallic green 

 and purple or violaceous spot of the same type as in var. labiocenea ; 

 the four yellow spots are larger and somewhat differently situated, 

 the four central ones being more nearly in line, but in this section 

 this character is always more or less variable. 



Length 8 millim. 



Ceylon. 



I have seen only one specimen of this species, named by Dr. 

 Horn ; it is not in good condition, but appears to me to be not 

 distinct superficially from 0. viridilabris; the striation of the 

 reflexed anterior margin of the pronotum is certainly present in 

 the var. labiocenea, and in other allied species, and there is no 

 appreciable difference in its shape and sculpture. 



128. Cicindela seriepunctata, W. Horn. 



Cicindela seriepunctata, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitsclir. 1892, 

 p. 80. 



Bronze-green, dull, elytra with three white spots on each, all 

 distant from the margins, and arranged in rows. Larger on the 

 average than C. viridilabris, var. labiomnea, to which it is allied ; 

 labrum whitish testaceous, with the margin narrowly metallic blue, 

 pronotum broader and rougher ; elytra broader (much as in 0. 

 10 -punctata), and shorter, the sculpture standing out in relief so 

 that the elytra do not present a velvety appearance ; of the three 

 white spots, the first, situated between the first and middle third, 

 is the smallest, the other two are of equal size, one being situated 

 a little behind the middle and the third before the apex ; the 

 upperside of the head and pronotum are greenish, as well as the 

 margins and suture of the elytra, the disc being brownish. 



Length 8| millim. 



Sikkim : Kurseong, Darjiling (Atlcinson). 



