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CICIXDELIDJE. 



Var. cariana, Gestro. 



A rather line and conspicuous insect, very variable in size ; 



head and pronotum brilliant cop- 

 pery above, green at sides, gense 

 and underside violaceous ; head 

 broad between eyes which are not 

 very prominent ; pronotum sub- 

 quadrate, slightly narrowed to base, 

 with a bright raised callosity at 

 each, end of the basal depression, 

 sculpture close and distinct, ir- 

 regular ; scutellum coppery, with 

 greenish centre ; elytra parallel- 

 sided, dark, velvety, with a yellow 

 patch at the shoulders, confluent 

 with a waved longitudinal stripe, 

 occupying about a third of the 

 length of each elytron ; behind 

 this are two large spots, one at the 

 middle and one before the apex: 

 the anterior stripe is spotted with 

 darker colour ; underside viola- 

 Fig. 170.— Cicindcla mouhoti ceous ^ greenish in parts in the 

 var. cariana. middle, with very scanty pubescence; 



in the single specimen I have 

 before me (a very fresh one) the episterna of the metasternum 

 are bare and the pubescence of the abdomen is confined to the 

 sides of one segment ; legs metallic, trochanters dark. 

 Length 11-19 million. 

 Burma : Karen Hills : Tenasserim. 



Eea appears to have taken a large series of this insect. It 

 occurs in forest paths, especially in the rainy season, and appears 

 to be remarkable for its long flights. This variety may be dis- 

 tinguished from the var. goebeli by the different colour of the 

 pronotum, which is also slightly longer and a little more strongly 

 sculptured, and by the dark trochanters. 



Var. anometallescens, W. Horn. 



Labrum testaceous, with dark margins ; head broad, black, 

 metallic in front and at sides, distinctly but finely striated 

 between the eyes, which are moderately prominent, very finely 

 sculptured behind ; pronotum subquadrate, with the sides very 

 slightly rounded, and the impressions moderate, finely sculptured, 

 central line not strongly marked, black, with bright metallic sides; 

 elytra comparatively narrow, subparallel-sided, rounded at apex 

 with the sutural angle not, or scarcely, produced, dull black, with 

 a small yellow spot on each at the shoulder, another larger, 



