CJCINUELA. 



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else ; the elytra are scarcely sculptured and almost smooth ; the 

 pubescence of the underside is thick and tomentose, as in the two 

 succeeding species. 



Length 9^-10 millim. 



Kashmir ; Punjab : Kulu ; United Provinces : Agra, Alla- 

 habad ; Bengal: Maldah, Chota Nagpur, Pusa. 



143. Cicindela grammophora, Chaud. 



Cicindela grammophora, Ghaudoir, Bull. Soc. Moscou, 1852, p. 7. 



Labrum narrow, whitish testaceous ; head and pronotum with 

 more or less obscure green and coppery reflections, the former 

 strougly striated on each side between the eyes ; occiput and pro- 

 notum very finely granulate, dull, the latter rather narrow, about 

 as long as broad, with the sides almost straight, white setaB distinct 

 on each side on the upper surface ; elytra dull, dark, usually 

 with a more or less distinct greenish reflection at base, not closely, 

 but distinctly, granulate, especially on the anterior portion ; the 

 margins are mostly whitish testaceous, being interrupted before 

 the basal and apical markings ; the w T hite markings consist of a 

 large crescent-shaped spot at the shoulders (which is produced 

 behind towards the suture into a short thin line dilated into a 

 round spot), a central inverted V-shaped marking springing from 

 the marginal patch, with the inner lines produced and dilated 



Fig. 156.— Cicindela crudita. 



