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eyes ; pronatum distinctly more contracted before the base, which 

 makes it appear shorter and broader; markings of the elytra 

 much the same, but sometimes not quite so much pronounced ; 

 in the specimens I have seen, the colour is much darker and the 

 white markings are more or less indistinct, but this may be due 

 to external causes. 

 Length 13-14 millim. 



Mabras : Trichinopoli, Mysore, Nilgiri Hills. 



In Mr. Nevinson's collection there is a quite black variety 

 without markings, a female specimen from Formosa, which 

 Dr. Horn assigns to this species as var. devastata ; he possesses a 

 black specimen in his own collection labelled "Kaniganj." 



151. Cicindela sumatrensis, Hbst. 



Cicindela sumatrensis, Herbst, Kafer, x, 1800, p. 179, pi. 172, fig. 1. 

 Cicindela catena, var. tertia, Thunberg, Nov. Ins. Spec. 1781, p. 26, 

 tigs. 41-43. 



Cicindela arcuata, Kollar, Ami. Wien. Mus. i, 1836, p. 330. 

 Cicindela boi/eri, Blanchard, Voy. Pole Snd, Ent. iv, 1853, p. 4, 

 pi. i, fig. 2. 



Cicindela ?iij)onensis, Bates, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1883, p. 210. 

 Cicindela venardi, Fleutiaux, C. R. Soc. Ent. Belgique, 1890, p. 69. 

 Cicindela imperfecta, W. Horn, Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr. 1894, 

 p. 173. 



Obscurely bronze, with a coppery or greenish reflection, some- 

 times with the ground-colour almost 

 black ; labrum short, white, man- 

 dibles very large, very little covered, 

 white, with the apex metallic ; 

 clypeus and front of head without 

 pubescence ; head depressed slightly 

 on each side near eyes and raised a 

 little in the middle, very finely 

 sculptured, without any pubescence 

 on the upper side ; pronotum almost 

 longer than broad, very finely sculp- 

 tured, slightly rounded at the sides, 

 with distinct pubescence on each 

 side near margins ; elytra much 

 broader than pronotum, widened 

 behind in the female, finely granu- 

 lose and shagreenecl throughout, 

 ground-colour dark brown or olive- 

 green, with elaborate white or 

 testaceous markings; the white 

 colour extends from the shoulders 

 'Fig. 102.— Cicindela sumatrensis- to the apex, with an interruption 



before the apical lunulate patch, 

 there is a transverse extension towards suture at about the first 

 third, a large inverted V-shaped or reversed S-shaped (when 



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