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CICINDELID^E. 



146. Cicindela minuta, 01 



Cicindela minuta, Olivier, Ent. ii, 1790, p. 31, pi. 2, fig. 13 ; Fabricius, 



Ent, Syst. i, 1792, p. 178. 

 Cicindela baltimorensis, Herbst, Kafei", x, 1800, p. 180, pi. 172, 



fig. 2. 



Cicindela tremebunda, McLeay, Ann. Jav. 1825, p. 12. 

 Cicindela pumila, Dejean, Spec. Col. ii, 1826, p. 425. 

 Cicindela prinsepi, Saunders, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1834, p. 65, 

 pi. 7, fig. 7. 



Cicindela acuminata, Kollar, Ann. Wien. Mus. i, 1836, p. 331. 



An obscure and insignificant-looking little species, of a dull 

 olivaceous colour, with more or less distinct dull coppery re- 

 flections (rarely entirely obscure coppery), especially on the head 

 and pronotum ; head finely striate inside the eyes, somewhat 

 excavate and with the central part more or less raised, occiput and 

 pronotum very finely sculptured, the latter at least as long as 

 broad, with the sides almost straight, and with distinct white 

 hairs at the sides ; elytra dull, somewhat widened behind, finely 

 and closely, but distinctly, granulate, with the markings of much 

 the same character as in C. grammophora, but much narrower, and 

 occasionally very obscure ; the light margin is interrupted behind 

 the anterior crescent and before the posterior apical marking, the 

 upper portion of which is distinctly produced and slightly clavate; 

 the central marking is in the shape of a broad inverted V, the 

 inner portion being reflexed and clavate towards the suture ; legs 

 metallic ; underside bright green, occasionally coppery, metallic, 

 with the sides strongly pubescent ; genoe bare ; trochanters 

 metallic. 



Length 8-8 h millim. 



Sikkim : Darjiling ; Bengal : Calcutta, Chota jNagpur, Chapra, 

 Dacca, Berhampur ; Madras : Pondicherry (Maindron) ; Burma : 

 Tharawaddy ; Indo-China ; Malay Archipelago ; China. 



Apparently an abundant species where it occurs. There is a 

 very large series in the Indian Museum, labelled " Calcutta," 

 showing very little variation. 



147. Cicindela nitida, Wied. 



Cicindela nitida, Wiedemann, Germ. Mag. Ent. iv, 1821, p. 117 J 



Dejean, Spec. Col. i, 1825, p. 91. 

 Cicindela venosa, Kollar, Ann. Wien. Mus. i, 1836, p. 331. 



A very distinct and pretty species, which, together with 

 C. agnata, may be known from the three preceding species by 

 having the whole of the margins of the elytra from the shoulder 

 to the apex whitish testaceous, although much narrowed and 

 almost broken before the posterior marking; of an obscure 

 greenish colour with more or less distinct coppery reflections ; 

 labrum rather large, white ; head broad between the eyes, rather 

 strongly striated, with a raised line in the centre behind ; occiput 

 and pronotum very finely sculptured, the latter subquadrate with 



