CICINDELA. 



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133. Cicindela humillima, Gestro. 



Cicindela humillima, Gestro, Ann. Mus, Genova, 1893, p. 353. 



This species differs from its allies by its broader elytra and 

 their irregular and sinuate outline in the female, in which sex 

 they are abruptly widened at the anterior third ; in the male the 

 irregular outline is only just indicated ; the pubescence of the 

 underside is more marked, the episterna of the prosternum being 



!Fig. 155. — Cicindela humillima 



distinctly, though scantily, furnished with long white hairs. I 

 have examined a fair series, and find that the other differences 

 pointed out by authors are valueless as characters. 

 Length 8 J— 9 millim. 



Burma : Bhamo, Teinzo, Shwegoo, Katha, Rangoon (Bligh 

 Fea), Tharawaddy (Oorbett). 



Gestro (I. c.) says that this species was chiefly taken in the 

 months of June, July, and August, at the time of the rainy season, 

 on the banks of the Irawaddy, Burma, in shady places left in a 

 marshy state after the subsidence of the river. Fea relates that 

 it was so common that a single sweep of the net was sufficient to 

 collect a large quantity : ifc was very abundant at Bhamo. 



134. Cicindela sinica, Fleut. 



Cicindela sinica, Fleutiaux, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, 1889, p. 137. 



Of a dull green colour, with slight coppery reflections ; head 

 wavily striated between the eyes and transversely rugose ; pro- 

 notum longer than broad, narrower at the base than in front, 



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