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sides o£ the former, and the margins of the latter more or less' 

 violaceous ; head excavate between the eyes and finely striated; an^- 

 tennsewith the first four joints violaceous ; pronotum subcylindrical, 

 longer than broad, without pubescence at the sides, very finely 

 striated, with the central line often hardly visible, very slightly 

 rounded in front and contracted before the base ; elytra dull and 

 velvety, finely and nob closely sculptured, parallel-sided, green, with 



Fig. 169. — Cicindela hamiltoniana. 



an orange stripe on each, extending from the shoulder almost to the 

 apex, slightly sinuate, its apex sometimes curved but usually ending 

 abruptly ; these stripes are bounded towards the suture by a black 

 stripe, and towards the margins by bright violaceous and green, 

 this, however, being variable ; legs long and slender, femora 

 bright green or coppery, sometimes in part violaceous, tibiae bright 

 violaceous, tarsi violaceous or cyaneous, trochanters light reddish tes- 

 taceous ; underside green and violaceous, with white pubescence on 

 the sides of the first two segments of the abdomen, the metasternum 

 and the margins of the posterior coxa3 ; episterna of metasternum 

 bare, with a distinct white tuft at the inner posterior angle. The 

 female is larger and stouter than the male. 

 Length 14J— 17 millim. 



Madras : Travancore, Mysore, Nilgiri Hills (H. L. Andreives). 

 In August 1906 I received a dozen examples, taken that season, 

 from Mr. Andrewes with the note, " Common on the western side 



