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CICINDELIDtE. 



the angle is more rounded) patch at middle extending backwards, 

 and the apical patch is extended to meet this in a patch or line 

 dilated at its upper extremity ; legs metallic ; underside metallic, 

 with all the sides (including the gense) very thickly clothed with 

 long white tomentose pubescence. 

 Length 10|-]4 millim. 



Ceylon {Horn) ; Madras : Trivandrum, Travancore (Annan- 

 dale), Mahe (Maindron) ; Bombay : Khandesh (Bell) ; Sind : 

 Karachi (Bell) ; Bengal : Calcutta, Eanchi, Damukdia (R. 

 Gauges), Maldah, Chota jNagpur ; Nepal: Kumdhik, Maho, 

 Nepal Terai (Hodgart) ; Burma : Bhamo, Teinzo (Fed), K, Chin 

 Hills, Tharawaddy (Corbett), Tavoy, Pegu; Malay Peninsula: 

 Perak, etc. ; Sumatra ; Borneo ; Philippine Islands : Hainan • 

 China ; Formosa ; Japan. 



Var. imperfecta, W. Horn. 



This variety differs from the typical form in being on the 

 average smaller, and in having the white markings of the elytra 

 much reduced and split up more or less into spots and patches ; 

 the large central fascia is reduced to a narrow transverse line, and 

 the margin is much interrupted. 



Length 10i-ll| millim. 



Bombay : North Kanara (Bell) ; Mysore : Shimoga. 

 Var. renardi, Fleut. 



According to M. Pleutiaux, this pretty variety, which rests on 

 a unique example, differs from the type-form by its colour, which 

 is bright bluish green above and bright blue on its underside ; the 

 legs are bright blue with a greenish reflection. It is of the same 

 size, apparently, as the typical form. 



Bengal : Chota Nagpur, Asansol ; Assam. 



152. Cicindela cardoni, Fleut. 



Cicindela cardoni, Fleutiaux, C. R. Soc. Ent. Belgique, 1890, 

 p. 169. 



Upper surface of a rich dark brown colour, with more or less 

 distinct metallic reflections in parts, the base of the antennae, 

 the scutellum, and the base and suture of the elytra being 

 usually bright coppery or greenish ; labruin short, white ; man- 

 dibles white at base, brilliantly metallic in the centre, black at 

 apex ; scutellum and front of head without pubescence, space 

 between the eyes finely striated at the sides : pronoturn almost 

 quadrate, with the sides straight, finely and asperately punctured, 

 dull, with rather thick and long pubescence at the sides ; elytra 

 with the upper surface granulose, the white margin extending 

 from shoulder to apex, with an interruption a little before apex ; 

 there is a crescent-shaped spot at the shoulder, a short transverse 

 band (jagged posteriorly) at about the middle, followed by a 



