362 



CIOINDELID^E. 



2. Head and pronotum dark. 



A. Smaller and narrower ; central 



fascia of elytra springing from the [p. 363. 



thin marginal pale line grammoplwra, Chaud., 



B. Larger and more robust : central 



fascia of elytra springing from 



a marginal spot or thickening . . cognata, Wied., p. 364. 

 ii. Elytral markings thin and often obscure. 



1. Length 9-9| mm. : underside com- 



paratively scantily pubescent mutata, Fleut.,p. 365. 



2. Length 8-8^ mm: underside much 



more thickly pubescent minuta, 01., p. 366. 



II. Elytra with the light margins con- 

 tinuous from shoulder to apex, though 

 nearly interrupted just before the oblique 

 truncation of the apex. 



1. Setae on the sides of the pronotum very 



long, invading the disc; central fascia 

 of the elytra more strongly sinuate, 

 and extended further towards apex : 



trochanters dark nitida, Wied., p. 366. 



2. Setae on the sides of the pronotum 



shorter but well marked : central 

 fascia of the elytra less strongly 

 sinuate and much less extended to- 

 wards apex : trochanters red or ferru- 

 ginous. 



A. Elytra not, or scarcely, narrowed to- 

 wards base ; ground-colour brownish 



coppery agnata, Fleut., p. 367. 



13. Elytra narrowed towards base ; 



ground-colour fuscous purple .... sublacerata, Solsky, var. 



balucha, Bates, p. 368. 



142. Cicindela erndita, Wied. 



Cicindela erudita, Wiedemann, Zool. Mag. ii, 1, 1823, p. 68. 

 Cicindela amabilis, Dejean, Spec. Col. v, 1831, p. 228. 

 Cicindela chloropus, Brulle, Arch. Mus. Paris, i, 1839, p. 134, pi. 9, 

 tig. 2. 



This is a beautiful little species which may be at once distin- 

 guished superficially by the brilliant green metallic colouring of 

 the head and pronotum and the bold clear white markings of the 

 elytra, the ground-colour of which is dull, very dark blue or blue- 

 black with a more or less extended portion of the base metallic 

 green ; the pronotum has the sides slightly more rounded and the 

 white hairs on the edge of the upperside rather shorter, but distinct, 

 though apparently very fugitive ; the elytral markings are broader 

 than in the allied species (the irregular V-shaped central patch 

 becoming a broad sinuate spot), and the apical marking is sepa- 

 rated, the anterior portion being represented by a large round 

 spot — this will at once distinguish the species apart from all 



