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CICINDELI DJE . 



four joints of antennae cyaneous; underside brilliant metallic, usually 

 green or violaceous, with the sterna and sides pubescent, the epi- 

 sterna of the inetasternum being very scantily pubescent and often 

 almost bare ; the gense are bare. 

 Length 15-18 millim. 



Ceylon ; Bengal : Chota Nagpur ; Sikkim : Mungphu ;. 

 Burma . : Karen Hills, Tavoy, Tenasserim, Pegu ; Malay Penin- 

 sula : Singapore ; Sumatra ; Java ; Borneo : Sarawak ; INias \ 

 Bangay Island ; Cambodia ; Siam ; South China ; Formosa. 



" In the eastern Siamese Malay States this is a very common 

 species, occurring at an altitude of 3000 feet, but being more 

 abundant in the plains. It is not a maritime species, but frequents 

 open plains, preferably of a sandy nature, where vegetation is 

 scanty." (Annandale.) 



Yar. virgula, Fleut. 



This variety has the elytral spots smaller and the central one 

 more or less comma-shaped, the tail of the comma turning towards 

 the apex. 



North Bengal; Nepal; Sikkim: Kungpo (Eodgart), Kur- 

 seong, Mungphu, Darjiling district ; Bhutan : Buxa, frontier of 

 E. Bengal ; Assam : Sylhet, Sibsagar, Naga Hills ; Burma : 

 Teinzo ; China : Hong-Kong, Shanghai. 



Var. flavomaculata, Chevr. 



This variety has the spots much larger and rounder, covering a 

 great part of the elytra ; at first sight it appears quite a different 

 insect from the var. virgula. 



Sikkim : Mungphu ; Burma, Pegu ; Tenasserim ; Tonkin ; 

 China : Macao, Hong-Kong. 



Occasionally the coppery colour in C. aurulenta is replaced by 

 green, and the general colour may be blackish green with green 

 metallic markings. 



Group 14. 



Moderately large species (13|--15 mm.) ; sides of pronotum 

 without seta? ; underside almost bare, smooth, and shining. 



Key to the Sjiecies. 



T. Unicolorous bright green (rarely blue), shin- 

 ing, with a very small white spot on each 



elytron at about the middle ivhithilli, Hope, p. 385. 



II. Elvtra very dark blue, dull, with a regular 



longitudinal row of three spots on each . . sexpunctata, F., p. 385. 



