CICINDELA. 



373 



distinct, though not large, spot a little behind it near the suture ; 

 at the apex is a lunulate band, dilated inwards at each end ; 

 the plan of the markings is evidently the same as in the two 

 preceding species, but they are abbreviated and broken; legs 



Fig. IQSt—Gicindela cardoni. 



metallic, femora mostly coppery ; underside golden green and 

 coppery, with the sides throughout furnished with thick and long 

 white pubescence. 



Length 12-13| millim. 



Cetlon : Chilaw (E. E. Green) ; Madras : Pondicherry (Main- 

 dron), Mysore ; Bombay : Kanara (Bell) ; Bengal : Chota Nagpur, 

 Asansol and Nowatoli (Cardon) ; Sekkim ; Burma. 



Group 9. 



Two closely allied species belong to this group ; they arp 

 extremely variable in colour and markings, and have a very 

 wide range in both Southern Europe and Asia. The underside, 

 except in the middle, is clothed with not very thick pubescence, 

 which is also present on the gense ; the clypeus is scantily 

 pubescent, and the sides of the thorax are furnished with white 

 setae. 



Key to the Species. 



I. Tarsi longer aulica, Be]., p. 373. 



II. Tarsi shorter lunulata, R, p. 375. 



