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CICINDELIDiE. 



129. Cicindela leucoloma, Ghaud. 



Cicindela leucoloma, Ckaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1852, p. 12. 



Closely allied to 0. fastidiosa, from which it differs in having 



the pronotum narrower and 

 straighter at the sides, and the 

 margins irregularly, bat entirely 

 and without interruption, whit- 

 ish testaceous ; head^ and pro- 

 notum rather bright green, the 

 former finely striated between 

 the eyes and very finely rugose 

 behind, the latter finely but 

 distinctly rugose, with short 

 hairs at the sides ; elytra 

 greenish, with the sculpture 

 feeble and variable, in some 

 specimens more plain than in 

 others ; from the light margin 

 there proceeds a transverse line 

 or linear patch at some little 

 distance from the shoulders, 

 usually widened into a round 

 spot on the disc ; in the middle 

 there is a hooked patch and be- 

 tween this and a produced line 

 Fig. 154.— Cicindela leucoloma. £ rom the upper part of the 



apical margin there is a spot ; 

 femora coppery, tibiae and tarsi reddish, trochanters clear red ; 

 underside green and coppery in front, blue behind, distinctly 

 pubescent, except the middle of the abdomen and the genae, which 

 are smooth and bare, except for a few scattered hairs on the f ormer. 

 Length 7|-9| millim. 

 Punjab : Simla (teste Chaudoir). 



The specimens I have seen are all labelled "India" or "East 

 India." There is a small bright coloured specimen in Mr. 

 Ne Vinson's collection, with thicker pubescence on the underside 

 and slightly different elytral markings ; but it evidently must be 

 referred to this species. 



130. Cicindela fastidiosa, Dej. 



Cicindela fastidiosa, Dejean, Spec. Col. i, 1825, p. 95. 

 Cicindela litigiosa, Dejean, 1. c. p. 97. 



Cicindela despecta, Fleutiaux, C. R. Soc. Ent. Belgique, 1886, p. 88 

 [ex parte). 



Closely allied to the preceding, but smaller, with the elytra in 

 the female widened behind and not in the middle, and with the 

 striation of the forehead stronger and the pronotum more rugose, 

 the hairs at the sides being much less evident and shorter ; the 



