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161. Cicindela duponti, Dej. 



Cicindela duponti, Dejean, Spec. Col. ii, 1826, p. 419. 

 Cicindela harmonica, Gestro, Ann. Mus. Genova, 1893, ]). 360. 



A rather large and conspicuous species. Labruni dark, with 

 testaceous patches ; head metallic green, with the sides of the 

 depressed portion between the eyes, and two short longitudinal 

 hands at the base, violaceous, striation well-marked ; pronotum 

 green, with the centre, sides, and anterior and posterior depressions 

 violaceous, subqnadrate, very slightly narrowed towards the base, 

 finely sculptured, without pubescence on the upper surface; elytra 



Fig. 167. — Cicindela duponti. 



velvety, dark, with the suture, sides, and a common band or patch 

 at or about the anterior third, green, or more or less blue, but the 

 colour and pattern vary ; on each there are two small, more or 

 less transverse, white markings, one just behind the middle, and 

 one nearer the apex, and besides these a small spot is often present 

 at about the basal third near the suture ; the sculpture is fine : 

 legs brilliant blue, green or violaceous ; underside of the same 

 colour, with the sides of the body pubescent, the pubescence being- 

 very scanty on the geua3, the episterna of the metasternum, and 

 the apical segment of the abdomen, and apparently easily 

 rubbed off. 



